Leng Shan tried hard to hold the incense burner with both hands, trying to lift it up, but to no avail.
Ever since, she very cleverly thought about whether she could turn around and look around.
Along with the movements of her hands, bursts of squeaking and operating sounds were heard in the stone chamber.
Gu Nian felt that it was unlikely that there would be any mechanism capable of killing someone in this stone room with an altar table and a memorial tablet.
If the institution overturns or damages the memorial tablets, tributes, and altar tables, it would be disrespectful to the recipients of the offerings.
But she still remained cautious. After hearing the sound of the mechanism being activated, she immediately asked everyone to retreat to the door of the stone room, waiting for the changes after the mechanism was activated.
Accompanied by the sound of creaking and turning, a passage for one person to enter or exit appeared in the stone chamber.
The new passage appeared, and Gu Nian, Lin Chen and Leng Shan all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Leng Shan, I really belong to you. Thank you for discovering this passage. This action should be a great achievement for you." Gu Nian praised with a smile.
"Now that the passage has appeared, let's leave quickly. We still have to find Zheng Hope and Li Shan." Lin Chen said.
In order to prevent the last time a person was locked up alone from happening again, Gu Nian deliberately took out an iron rod from the space and pressed it against the flap of the stone wall, ten centimeters above the floor.
This will not affect traffic, but will also create a certain obstruction when the flap is about to close.
The three of them passed the entrance without incident. Gu Nian then took back the iron rod and took out the flashlight from the space.
The passage out is narrow, winding, and very long.
But fortunately there is no other side road.
The three of them walked for a long time, turning left and right.
After walking for about half an hour, even Lin Chen, who had the best sense of direction, couldn't figure out which direction they were heading after seven or eight turns.
Gu Nian had to take out a compass to identify the direction.
After some inspection and judgment, she said with some surprise: "Hey, that's strange! We now... seem to be walking towards the backyard of Jiyuan."
"It seems that the exit of this underground maze is in the backyard." Lin Chen held his chin and said.
"It just so happens that we haven't explored the backyard yet. How about taking advantage of this opportunity..."
Just when Gu Nian said this, he heard a series of strange sounds outside.
It sounds like a cat's cry on a spring night...
"What... is this sound? It sounds... scary!" Leng Shan said.
Hearing this strange sound, everyone instinctively frowned and felt vaguely uncomfortable...
They walked some distance, and the voice became clearer and clearer.
It turned out that it was not the cry of an animal, but a man holding his voice and singing an opera!
Hearing that man's originally very rough voice, pretending to be as coquettish as Xiaojiabiyu, made Gu Nian and the three of them feel goosebumps all over the place.
It was also at this time that they finally saw the end of the passage.
There is a sealed wall. There is an obvious bulge on the wall, which should be the mechanism to open the passage.
Lin Chen, who was walking at the front, glanced at Gu Nian and Leng Shan.
Seeing them nodding to him, he reached out and pressed down the raised spot...