paradox

Walking in this unfathomable tomb is not an easy task, not to mention that we are short of supplies now, and the direction is all based on intuition. The only thing to be thankful for is that we have not encountered any danger so far.

There is another earthen wall at the corner in front. After discussing with Han Lin, I decided to use the shovel in my bag to clear it and take a look at the things behind it.

I have entered several similar rooms before, but they are all filled with ordinary funerary objects, many of which are already decayed.

"Sister Tongtong, do you want to change shifts?" Wendi stood beside her, not intending to take over at all.

"Don't bother you!" I said in a good voice and angrily, "Don't be idle, think about what those rabbits mean, and you have recorded so many words, there must be a few of you know."

Along the way, Wendi recorded the words we met in her baby notebook. According to her words, they are still familiar with each other.As for the rabbits, they are the decorations on the ceiling in the room we visited recently, three rabbits with one ear, a concise description.

Two circles of lotus petals surround the rabbit in the center, and against the backdrop of the flying apsaras in the background, the fairies dance lightly in the direction of the rabbit.The eyes of the rabbits, the full four legs, and the white scarves extending from their necks are all very detailed, although they are worn in many places.

"Fate is something that can be met but not sought." Wendi stuck out her tongue mischievously, and I rolled my eyes at her and continued with my work.

Xiao Mo and Mo Han stood behind us, and we didn't see them talking. Ever since they left the room with the stone statue, their relationship has become weird.

After some hard work, the space behind the stone wall was slowly revealed. Xiao Mo took a flashlight and took a look inside. It was a similar room as before, except that there were a lot of things in it.

Same as before, there are still a few rabbits running in circles on the ceiling, and the color of each room is different. The one here is dark brown, and the one preserved is the most complete.

"Is it Hua Rongdao on the stone table?" Xiao Mo focused the light on the half-person-high stone pillar in the center of the room, and the dim flashlight indicated that the little light we had left was in Xiao Mo's hands.

The middle of the rectangular stone pillar is sunken down to form another rectangle, and the distance between the four sides and the four sides of the stone pillar is almost equal, which makes the design more ingenious.

Inside the rectangle are placed ten bronze blocks of different sizes, stained with rust, tentatively designated as bronze, and it is useless to discuss the material of this thing.They seem to be placed in a messy rectangle, and the colors are also different. The innermost one is pure black and has intricate patterns carved on it, while the rest are silver gray, which is no different from what you usually see.

Just looking at the layout, it really looks like Huarong Dao. Considering the time, Huarong Dao is also a well-known puzzle game in ancient times.

"I used to read novels, and when I entered the tomb, there would definitely be those strange things. The owner of this tomb has always wanted us to decipher it." I teased and broke the silence.

"It's really harmonious." Mo Han agreed with me.

"Speaking of Huarong Dao, I think of its origin!" Wendi finally seized the opportunity to show off his IQ.

After walking for so long, it's time for us to rest, so we did as she wanted.

"You are all science students, and you don't know much about history." Giving her seven points, she really opened a dyeing workshop, Wen Di coughed lightly and prepared to talk, "Hua Rongdao is the story of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao fled The only way is Huarong Road. However, Zhuge Liang, the military commander of Shu, had already calculated this point and arranged for Guan Yu to capture Cao on Huarong Road. Cao Cao was captured, but Cao Cao persuaded Guan Yu to let him escape with his old friendship with Guan Yu."

"The black piece in the middle is Cao Cao's chess piece," I followed her. "As long as you move him to the position directly below, the game is over."

As I said, there is just a normal-sized card slot right below, and "Cao Cao" can get out of Huarong Road when he reaches here.

"Sister Tong Tong, don't steal my lines!" Wen Di pouted to express her dissatisfaction, this trick was already useless for me, I turned my head and pretended to look around.

I tried to slide the bronze cube on it. Due to time, both the disk and the cube were corroded by turquoise patina, and it took a little effort to slide.

However, the fact that it can move has proved our conjecture to be correct. As long as the Huarong Road is broken, according to the habit of the owner of the tomb, there will definitely be good things in the future.

"Doesn't Huarong have beautiful makeup?" I continued, "What I want to tell is a story that happened to a girl named Huarong."

"Speaking of Huarong Dao, I still know another version of the story." I raised my head to avoid Wendi's vicious gaze and continued, "But it has nothing to do with this game."

"Huarong is the last princess of Hou Shu. After the last battle, her father and mother were given three feet of white silk, and her father's head was cut off by the chief general and hung on the palace wall to demonstrate. One of the courtiers who accompanied the war was taken back to Jin as a spoil of war and taken as a concubine." I leaned on the stone table and said, "I heard that the main wife of this courtier is the most favored princess in the Jin Dynasty. All the ministers in the court have to be courteous. And the princess is good at swords and spears, and the emperor of the Jin Dynasty personally gave her the name of the Women's Army. Along the way, Huarong also heard a lot of rumors about this princess."

"But she didn't expect that as a concubine of Tang and Tang, she would have to notify before entering the princess mansion. In most cases, she would be turned away. When she married herself, she was also in a remote place in the capital. Of course, Hua Rong I didn't expect too much. Unexpectedly, when Huarong waited silently in the bridal chamber, a woman kicked in the door."

In order to avenge her death, Wen Di suddenly interjected when I was talking vigorously, "This eldest princess is arrogant, how can she tolerate her husband's love for others, so she pointed at the concubine with a knife and "killed her!" "Come here. Seeing Zhengfang Xingshi's questioning, Huarong thought of his sad life experience, kneeled down to the eldest princess with tears in his eyes: "The country is ruined and the family is destroyed. I have no intention to come here. If I can be killed today, it is my intention." When the princess heard this, she threw the knife, helped her up and said, "I feel sorry for you, let alone Anu." ""

"This is clearly a story collected in "Shi Shuo Xin Yu"!" Wen Di replied to me very proudly.

"If the story ends here, it would be too boring." In terms of lying skills, I am still very confident. "The country is ruined and the family is destroyed. How can Hua Rong, who is a princess, openly show weakness?"

I ignored Wendi's protest and continued, "The eldest princess took Hua Rong back and placed her next to her as a servant. Hua Rong, who was born in rich clothes and well-fed food, changed from a high-ranking princess to a lowly servant at the mercy of others within a few days. In the princess mansion, there is no gossip from outsiders. Hua Rong climbed up silently by himself, and also occupied a place in the eldest princess's women's army."

"Then the revenge plan began. Huarong was already beautiful, and he often went to and from the palace with the princess, and received the favor of many princes and nobles. There were not a few people who came to ask the eldest princess for money."

"According to the princess' temper, people must not give it away?" Xiao Mo asked.

The eldest princess is very possessive. She doesn't love the son-in-law, and she doesn't allow the son-in-law to love others. Xiao Mo's reasoning is understandable.

However, I shook my head, "The eldest princess bestowed Huarong on the son of one of the ministers. Huarong escaped from the princess' monitoring and started his revenge plan as he wished. After receiving the princess's reward, that minister also became a target of public criticism, and soon , the struggle for power began with Hua Rong as the center, and many officials did not hesitate to lose their fortunes in order to see Fang Rong. In the end, Hua Rong let the general who had killed his father and mother be accused of treason, and the nine clans were imprisoned. Hua Rong returned In the hands of the princess, at the same time, the biggest hidden danger of the Jin country also disappeared."

"The princess is the one behind the scenes." Xiao Mo suddenly realized, "And then? What is the ending?"

I decided to play it safe, "The ending of the story can be decided at will, anyway, I just made it up."

"Cut!" Wen Di was very unconvinced, "As expected of Miss Tong Tong, telling a story would be tricky."

I patted her round head, "If you really change to the perspective of a grown-up princess, it won't be accessible to all ages."

Well, the story is over, and the rest is enough, it's time to get down to business.

There are many layouts in Huarong Road, and some people specially named them respectively. I am familiar with only a few, such as horizontal horses with swords, wings that are difficult to fly, and layers of defenses.

Looking at the layout, today is lucky. Three bronze blocks on the left and right surround the carved black stone in the middle, and there are two more blocks on the lower part to chase and block. It is a typical horizontal horse and sword.

I put the sliders below together and counted them. It took about five steps. As the sliders moved, the sound of gears snapping came from inside the room.

"Tong Xin, don't move yet." From the name, I knew it was Han Lin calling me, so I immediately stopped and looked at him.

"It seems that there is a limit on the number of steps." He is standing opposite me now, and what he sees belongs to my blind spot.

I walked over to take a look, and sure enough, the stone pillar on his side was engraved with patterns similar to a square plate, with nine lines horizontally and vertically, and the five squares in the upper right corner have been sunken inward, exactly the number of steps we moved .

"To finish within 81 steps, are you confident?" Mo Han asked.

I nodded, the 81 steps are all high-end matches, if the ones I encounter are not Hengdao Lima, I can't guarantee it.

So the game continues.

I'm glad they chose to trust me rather than give up.

Time passed by, and there were more and more squares sunken downwards, but I was sweating profusely in the dry and refreshing air.

The last step was completed, "Cao Cao" finally walked out of Huarong Road, and in my hands, another hidden space appeared in the middle of the originally placed stone pillars.

Reluctant that the child would not be able to catch the wolf, Brother Han rolled up the sleeves of his sportswear and started to touch the things inside. Since he has passed the test, there should be no punishment procedures.

There is not only one thing hidden in the stone pillar. Han Lin took it out several times, and every time he took out an inner platform, it would rise to a higher level, making it easier for the next step, until the platform overlapped with the stone pillar and returned to its original appearance.

I looked at the three platinum-gold hollowed round cakes, which were well preserved in this hidden space. Although there are many gaps in the middle, they are still very heavy and have a good texture in the hand.I just don't know what the mystery is inside these round cakes.

"This is Luoshu." Wendi didn't look at the round cakes, but focused on the black bronze piece in my hand representing "Cao Cao". The back is not as gorgeous as the surface, but scattered scattered with a few.

"How do you know?" I turned over the black stone to observe those inexplicable dots.

"It's written on it." Wendi pointed to the two pictographic characters engraved on the outside and said, "I know these two characters."

Didn't notice there were words here, felt like I asked a stupid question.

"What's the use of Luoshu?" Han Lin asked, "It's just a few dots."

"To put it simply, it's a map," Wen Di replied simply and rudely, "He produces maps, Luo produces books, and saints follow them. Later, someone came out to explain that He Tu and Luo Shu are just ancient maps and books."

If this is the map, it would be too embarrassing, I complained, "This is what we worked so hard to get? Isn't the thing hidden in the stone pillar not so important? If I knew it, I would just force it out. "

"It's not like you haven't done this before." Xiao Mo gave me a blank look, did she remember something?

It's better not to think about it so much now, I don't give up the things I finally got so easily, I picked up two pieces and stood in front of Wendi, "Look at the mystery here, don't waste it."

Wen Di was finally willing to put down the bronze block, and shined his own flashlight on the golden "round cake". No matter how I looked at the patterns, I couldn't see any patterns.

"Tongtong, don't move!" Xiaomo ordered suddenly, and the rest of us didn't dare to move. She walked slowly towards the wall facing us, turned off the flashlight, and only heard the flute. The dotted shadows cast by the pastry on the wall.

"Slowly turn things in one direction." Xiao Mo was still directing, and I didn't understand why I turned the round cake closest to me clockwise.

"Stop!" It was Mo Han who spoke this time. At this time, Xiao Mo had already walked to the other side of the wall. I looked at her along the light, and the shadow was cast on the wall. The squares are of different sizes, and there are also rectangles similar to aisles.

As I turn, the pattern of shadow distribution changes.

"Map!" Before the ending was over, the stone slab under Xiaomo's feet sank with a click, and a stone door suddenly appeared on the wall not far away, and it slowly opened to both sides.

Xiao Mo standing near the door suddenly covered his mouth and nose, and we in the distance were also affected. There was a rotten smell inside the stone door, which was disgusting. It had not been opened for a long time, and when the door was opened, it smelled like a runaway wild horse.

It would be too easy if that were the end of it.I was smothered by the strong smell just now, and when I realized it, the low growl in the room was already obvious.

The darkness is as sticky as that smell. I can't see it, but I can clearly feel its existence, and even know its size. Surrounded by a mass of darkness, it doesn't look like a normal creature, with a stench all over its body, and that A gasp with a sickening temperature.

Now it is staring at the light outside the "prison". You see, it is already eager to try, and its thick feet hit the ground with a dull clicking sound.

Not only me, but Xiao Mo also found out, arched his body ready to leave at any time, Han Lin also picked up his folding shovel as a weapon, Wen Di and Mo Han also picked up weapons for body protection.

Footsteps approached, and I could almost see its scarlet eyes.

I saw its face, which should not be the face of a normal animal. The huge red eyes were separated on both sides of the bridge of the nose, and the narrow face made these two eyes unable to focus.

It was still walking, not in a hurry, but soon, the situation changed, and it was taken off the track by another force when it was about to sprint. The destination was no longer outside the door, but inside, but I didn't Know the source of this power.Its body began to twist, and its scarlet eyes shone with an inexplicable light.

Then there was a muffled sound, although I had never fired a gun, I still understand what happened to the sound of the gun, followed by several other sounds, the monster did not come out as scheduled, and it was replaced by foul-smelling sticky blood.

"Did some mechanism be triggered?" Han Lin asked unclearly.

Didn't he see that weird scene?An unknown creature was wiped out by a force like this, without any vitality, only a huge body and these blood remained.

"Get out of here quickly!" I reminded, "This room should be locked up for those who have not walked out of Huarong Road, most likely they are grave robbers."

"The blood..." Xiao Mo fled in a panic after there was no sound in the room. One step later, the blood stuck to the soles of her hiking boots.

The stench slowly dissipated, but our shock was still there.There is no need to discuss the next step. It is urgent to leave this room. Who knows if we will be locked in next.

I gently patted Xiao Mo's back, trying to make her feel better.

Mo Han's calmness that has remained unchanged for thousands of years has also changed his face. The secret room is surrounded by darkness. Who else can see the people inside besides me?

"Master Wen, your grandson is calling you! Master Wen, Master Wen, answer the phone quickly..." I had already turned the corner, and a vulgar cell phone rang suddenly from the secret room.

Lord Wen?

Isn't that what Wen Yu called himself?

"Has Wen Yu been there?" Wendi asked aloud, "Could it be..."

Horrible guesswork.

"Maybe it's the same surname. Look at Wen Yu's tomb-robbing skills. It's her ancestors at first glance. Most of them are her ancestors!" I comforted, but I couldn't even convince myself of this reason. If it was really a coincidence , Why does the phone still have power, and why does anyone still call her?

"Sister Tongtong, I want to go in and have a look, is that okay?" Wendi's voice was trembling?Hallucination?

"..." I don't know how to respond to her request. After all, I am still a child, and I will have kind thoughts for a person even if I only met him once, and I will have extra compassion for her death.

"You have to think about the consequences." Mo Han replied instead of me, "Maybe because of your willfulness, we will all be like that thing inside."

Answer without mercy.

"I know how you feel right now," Han Lin bent down to look at her. "You are already such an adult, and you have the judgment you should have. You and I know what is more important. I won't hinder your choice, just I want to warn you that you have to make your own choice and don’t regret it.”

Han Lin's ex-wife also died by accident, but no one in the company dared to mention it, and I don't know the cause and effect. The current Wendi may remind him of his past!

Time stood still, we left the decision to Wendi, and the vulgar mobile phone ringtone was still ringing.

"I want to go in." Wendi replied firmly this time, I smiled at her, if I didn't die, I wouldn't be her.

"Little girl, your privilege will be used up this time. From now on, you only have B shares, and your voting rights will be taken away." I said maliciously on purpose.

"Hmph! Sister Mo will protect me anyway!" She regained her bright expression.

"Hey! Is your skin itchy again?"

Mo Han just sighed and didn't stop him.

Thinking about it now, this voting method is really dangerous.

The blood was still spreading, I tried my best not to step on it, but it was almost impossible, the cloudy liquid was still emitting heat, and it was creepy to stick to the skin.

Han Lin was still holding the flashlight to hit the striker, but the battery was running out. I am afraid that we will have to live a life of holding torches and rushing on the road soon.

The secret room is not very big. After we went in, we ran into the body of the monster within two steps, and there were people who fell on the ground with only bones left. The clothes are not what we modern people wear, and the robes are added to the body. This is a real tomb robber , or at the ancestral level.

The ringing of the mobile phone has stopped, but the screen is still glowing blue, showing that the missed call is in the fat palm of the unknown creature.

I wanted to see what the monster looked like, but its head had been blown out by external force, bloody and bloody, and there was milky white unknown colloid, just one glance gave up my thoughts.

Wen Di tried to take Wen Yu's cell phone out of the monster's hand, while Xiao Mo, Mo Han, and Han Lin stood guard all around to prevent accidents.

The next best thing to do is to focus on the position near the ribs of the monster. The limp body makes me uneasy, and seeing its corpse clearly makes me anxious. It extends from the left front chest to the lower abdomen, and even the left and right arms are all injured. Covered with faintly fluorescent hairs, the most original wound should be the huge crack in the lower abdomen.

I shifted my angle of view slightly, and found that the inside of the wound was not an inner cavity, but something similar to plant fibers, cross-woven, blocking the wound.

The huge body made the outer clothes in tatters, making it impossible to see the original appearance.

"There are only four people in the address book." Wen Di had already taken out his cell phone, and there was no abnormality in the surrounding area, and the monster did not wake up unexpectedly, "Mao Zi, the team, the little boss, and Wan Tong."

She said the names word by word, except for the last person, we all know each other, so the identity is confirmed.

"I thought she was very powerful." Wendi said in a low voice, we could only respond with silence and give her some time.

"Brother Han, Sister Tongtong, let's go!" Wen Di touched his tears in the dark and regained his spirits. She put the mobile phone in her pocket as a souvenir, and we didn't force anyone.

Brother Han took out his thin blanket from his backpack, spread the four corners to cover "Wen Yu"'s body.

"A person who loves beauty like her, I definitely don't want others to see her appearance." I said weakly inexplicable words to adjust the atmosphere. I had only met twice, so how could I know what Wen Yu was thinking?

Who made her look like this, why does this tomb exist, and who pulled us into this cycle?

Everything is a mystery.

After leaving the secret room, there was another line of bloody footprints outside the room, extending outward from the entrance of the secret room, and the color became lighter towards the back.

"Was there anyone else in there just now?" Wen Di asked, staring at the bloody footprints, "Someone must have come out of it while we were in the secret room."

But it would be so easy to avoid the five of us?The chamber of secrets doesn't look like there are any living things at all.

"Tong Tong, your footprints!" My shoes were also stained with "Wen Yu's" blood, I thought Xiao Mo didn't want me to get close to confuse the footprints, so I took a step back in fright.

I just left a foot around the bunch of bloody footprints, which was surprisingly consistent with the footprints of "it". I even wondered if I had come out during the period.

"They are all the same type of hiking boots. If the number is the same, it is normal for the footprints to be similar." Mo Han frowned slightly, "I hope the ones we released were not enemies."

"Since Wen Yu is inside, will the person who comes out be her partner?" I asked.

This is also the most likely guess, but why do you want to hide from us?

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