0176 Chapter 4 The End of the Ordinary (Section 47)
Navis squeezed forward cautiously, half of his body hidden behind Zhen Cheng, his hands holding the wide cuffs of the Hanfu, and only a pair of big yellow and round eyes peeking out from Zhen Cheng's shoulders, observing.
It was obvious that she was frightened by the curse trap.
However, after three minutes of staring, Navis gave a clear affirmative answer: "This is it, push it down."
Ai Luogensi was speechless and really wanted Navis to give her the position behind Zhen Cheng. But she didn't want to ruin her character yet, so her thigh muscles suddenly swelled and she kicked the stone weighing at least a hundred kilograms.
He was kicked in.
The next second, the platform under the feet of several people seemed to be evacuated from underneath, and Kucha fell down instantly. The feeling of weightlessness hit him, and Navis subconsciously wanted to hold on to Zhen Cheng, but Ai Luogensi was faster.
In one step, Zhen Cheng was already in his arms.
But when she tried to use her free hand to take out a dagger and pierce it into the wall to avoid falling, the three of them bent their legs at the same time, and a heavy impact came, causing Navis' legs to weaken and he sat on the ground.
Her judgment was not wrong. What Ai Luogensi activated was not a trap, but a mechanism that led directly to the lowest level.
However, after the impact, the ground did not stop, but fell again without weight. The next second, there was another emergency stop...
A minute later, the three of them were completely accustomed to this weird experience of going down in an elevator, but stopping at each floor. Correspondingly, the platform the three of them were standing on was steadily moving deeper and deeper underground.
Fall away.
Amidst the continuous violent vibrations and impacts, Ai Luogensi's legs remained motionless as if they were driven into the foundation of the rock. She picked up Princess Zhen Cheng again, saving her from most of the impact.
Navis, on the other hand, simply sat cross-legged, sharing the impact with her thighs and buttocks, using the largest muscles in her body to absorb the shock. She felt that if it continued for a few more minutes, her small body would be torn apart.
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"An ingenious design," Navis endured the dizziness that almost caused a concussion, and reluctantly looked at Zhen Cheng and said: "Skarry's ancestors used the craftsmanship of ancient times to design this perfect balance system.
The support structure of each layer is just enough to stop the force of the floor falling in an instant, but it will inevitably break with the impact force, allowing the platform we are on to continue to fall to the next support point. Repeatedly, the
The people on the platform used the fastest speed to reach the target depth alive.
Even better is that under the weight of the platform under our feet, whether there is one person or ten people standing on it, the weight difference is negligible compared to the boulder floor under our feet, and does not affect the accurate function of the load-bearing structure at all.
As for more people forcing their way in, that situation did not exist in the design of Scarry's ancestors. Because in theory, only the direct bloodline heirs of Scarry could come in. The rest were already in the long corridor just now
turned into a stone statue.
If we get out alive and announce the discovery of a BC escalator, the archaeological community will definitely go crazy about it."
Of course, under the long erosion of at least thousands of years, not all support structures have remained intact. So far, Zhen Cheng has experienced twice that most of the support structures on a certain layer have been worn away, completely failing to function.
The situation of load-bearing deceleration.
However, after falling the equivalent of two floors, they were immediately fully cushioned on the next floor, and after the next two or three slightly out-of-control falls, they quickly returned to normal frequency.
Obviously, Scarry has already considered insurance measures for possible accidents that may occur thousands of years from now, which is a bit scary.
Navis and Zhen Cheng looked at each other, both of them looking unhappy, because they also thought of a serious problem.
It's not a matter of how to get out. Now is not the time to think about it for so long. When the dust settles on the ground, someone will naturally find a way to take them out.
What Zhen Cheng is thinking about is the reason why the ancient Skari people built the underground palace here like this.
Generally speaking, no matter how deep underground you need to go, building circular stone steps along the side walls of the shaft is undoubtedly the most labor-saving and most effective way.
There are only three reasons for this seemingly ingenious platform design.
First, the builders are demonstrating their material science, architecture, and mathematical culture that transcend the times. It must be said that this is indeed a work that they are so proud of.
But the Scarry ancestors were so stupid that they used this one-time building to pass on their cultural memory. Not to mention that after it is used up, future generations will no longer be able to realize the exquisiteness of this building. Just talk about the design.
The secret path itself is already very deviant.
In fact, if Navis hadn't accidentally discovered it, this secret passage would have been sealed for billions of years, and no one would have discovered it until the entire planet died.
Second, in order to send the people on the platform to the underground target as quickly as possible within a limited time.
This is obviously impossible. After all, no matter what is hidden underground, it has been waiting there for at least thousands of years. It doesn't make sense in any case. It just takes a few hours for a few people to slowly climb down the stone steps, right?
So, in the end, the scariest and only reasonable explanation is the third point. That is... to make it impossible for people who ride on the giant stone platform to come back.
There can be many reasons for such a design, such as making future generations have to sacrifice themselves before they can touch the bottom;
For example, after seeing the thing below, it will surprise the descendants who try to come down to touch or use it, so that it will be like running away, but for some reason, the person who sees the secret cannot be allowed to leave;
Or maybe those who come down will definitely die and there is no need to go back at all.
No matter what the reason is, it is undoubtedly a very bad situation for Zhen Cheng and his party.
The continuous falling and emergency stopping lasted for nearly ten minutes. When Zhen Cheng felt that he would fall to the center of the earth, the ground finally stopped completely.
They also saw the only exit in the long shaft. It was a natural cave corridor. The erosion of underground waterways must have made the corridor look different from what it looked like thousands of years ago, but some things still remained.
The natural stone corridor is not very long. Guided by the light of Zhen Cheng's mobile phone, the three of them walked fifty or sixty meters before they saw traces of artificial carvings. Continuing walking, they soon came to a stone brick polished building.
Pass the main hall.
On the stone bricks around the main hall, another mural can be seen. It is a large colorful painting similar to an ancient Egyptian tomb, with rare characters.
Looking at the content depicted on the mural, the three of them were shocked.