Kobik and others used flares for lighting. The position of the flares was in the center of the hall, and the pillars they pulled out were also in the central area. In this way, the periphery of the hall was actually dark, just like lighting a bonfire in the dark.
People can't see what's going on in the dark at all, but people hiding in the dark can clearly see what's going on near the campfire.
Xia Yu and Qisha looked at each other, feeling a little surprised. They arrived here relying on the prompts of the amulet, and how did these soldiers get here?
Qisha suddenly smiled, pointed to his own temple, then pointed to Xia Yu's temple, and made a thumbs down gesture.
Xia Yu shrugged and made a helpless expression. He really couldn't figure out how these soldiers found this place. Their route here was different from that of Kobik and the others. Naturally, they did not find the road signs exposed by Kobik and the others when they wiped the ceiling.
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Although Xia Yu and Qisha didn't find the road signs, Xie Te and his group did when they were wandering around. They were overjoyed and started walking according to the directions of the road signs.
Finally, Shete and the others also found this place, and they entered the hall from another entrance.
Seeing Kobik and his soldiers, Scheit and others felt half relieved.
Humans are social animals. When faced with unknown fears, nothing is more reassuring than seeing more of the same kind.
"Kobik! What's going on with you guy? Why can't I contact you?" Shete hugged him hard, laughed and punched him a few times.
"As soon as we entered the central passage, the communicator stopped working!" Kobik said helplessly, "Only the short-range radio is still useful! How did you find it?"
"We found this place by following the signs on the ceiling."
Kobik laughed a few times, "I discovered those things, and then here, I discovered these pillars!"
Without Xiete's instructions, Ruwa and his assistant immediately began to inspect the metal pillars scattered on the ground.
Seeing that there was still the last pillar that had not been pulled out, Luwa immediately shouted: "Don't pull it out yet, otherwise we will be in trouble if it is a trap! Let me see what this is first!"
In addition to Ruva, Manus also stepped in to help. He has worked in M Branch for so many years. Although his duty is to let the United States dominate these mysterious things as much as possible, he is also very interested in these things and has been for many years.
This immersion made his understanding of antiquities no less than those of professional archaeologists.
While they were testing with various portable instruments, everyone else watched attentively.
No one noticed that the two outermost soldiers had been stripped of their bags. The ones now wearing soldier uniforms were Xia Yu and Qisha. As for the bodies of the two unlucky guys, they had been thrown to the crossroads outside the hall.
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Although there was light from the flares, the entire hall was still relatively dark. With the helmets lowered and the masks blocking them, no one would be able to see through the two of them unless they looked closely.
"I can confirm that the metal of this pillar is the same as the ground." Ruwa said.
Manus nodded, pointed to the top of the pillar and said, "What does this look like to you?"
Luwa came over to take a look and said in surprise: "It's uneven and irregular in shape...a bit like...a key? Look at something else!"
The tops of the fifteen pillars all have uneven shapes, and the last one is probably the same.
Ruwa took out another sheepskin scroll from his backpack, spread it on the ground, pointed to the circular area in the middle, and said: "We should have reached the central area of the altar! Look, there are sixteen circles drawn here.
That should be where it is."
Xie Te smiled disdainfully, "Is your picture really useful? We have passed through so many intersections, but you didn't draw this picture at all!"
"This picture may not be a detailed drawing, it may just be a schematic diagram..." Ruwa said, "The positions of these pillars completely correspond to what is drawn on the picture. You see, there are two pillars in a group, a total of eight groups, distributed in
Eight directions.”
Xie Te looked at it and nodded, "But what does this mean? We have found the central location, and now what I want to ask is, how do we get out?"
Ruwa shook his head, "I don't know...it's not mentioned in the picture."
"Then what's the use of this crappy picture of yours?" Xie Te said dissatisfied, "What should we do now? Just stare at the pillar?"
Luwa stopped talking and looked up at the ceiling blankly, "Perhaps, there will be an answer above. Wasn't the road sign above just now?"
"Then what are you waiting for? Get a ladder and wipe it for me!" Kobik immediately gave the order.
The hall with a diameter of twenty meters is not small. The soldiers spent a lot of effort to wipe the entire ceiling, but it was smooth and there was no pattern on it.
Xie Te sat on the ground in frustration, "Damn it! This hellish place! If I had known better, I wouldn't have come in!"
Manus suddenly picked up a pillar and shouted: "Kobik, help me put it back in!"
"Why plug it back in? It was inside when we came here!"
"Try it... maybe you overlooked something."
"Okay..." Kobik stood up reluctantly and helped Manus insert another metal pillar into a hole.
The metal pillar couldn't go down a quarter of the way in. Manus asked: "Is this one originally facing this hole?"
Kobik shook his head and said: "No! It's that one...and it turns out that it's only half of the way in. It's much more than that."
"Try turning it around..." Manus slowly rotated the metal pillar, but after a full circle, it still stopped moving downwards.
"Pull it out and replace it with the original hole!"
Manus and Kobik worked together to replace the metal pillar with the original hole. This time, half of it did go in.
Then, Manus slowly rotated the pillar again. After turning ninety degrees, there was a sudden click. Manus looked happy and slowly pressed down.
With the sound of metallic friction, the entire pillar sank into the hole, and finally fell to a position where the upper surface was flush with the ground.
Manus rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Put all the pillars back in... we may have found something good!"
Everyone worked together and stuffed the pillars back to their original places one by one. When these pillars could no longer be installed, they could all enter the hole immediately by turning an angle.
All fifteen pillars were stuffed into the holes. Manus held the last one, hesitantly, his eyes swept over everyone, and suddenly pointed at Xia Yu, "You...come here to replace me, everyone else, exit!"
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As soon as Xia Yu took a few steps, Qisha followed him.
Manus frowned and said, "What are you following here for?"