To be on the safe side, Liu Xing thought it would be better not to open the lock temporarily to avoid unnecessary trouble.
Therefore, Liu Xing focused his attention on the small wooden box again.
"Xiaofu, please bring me the basin of water."
As Liu Xing spoke, he took out the small wooden box from his pocket.
"What is this wooden box?"
Looking at the curious Sakai Masachi, Liu Xing smiled and said: "At this time, a friend of mine sent me a small wooden box. He said that it was very difficult to open it, so he asked me to..."
Speaking of this, Liu Xing suddenly thought of something, that is, when he shook the small wooden box before, he found that the small wooden box should contain a small metal object, so there might be a key inside.
At this time, Mr. Guchuan brought a touch of water, and Liu Xing threw the small wooden box in without hesitation. As a result, the small wooden box sank to the bottom.
"Logically speaking, the wood used to make a box like this has been air-dried, so the density of this small wooden box must be lower than the density of water, so it should float," Tanaka Qingya said seriously.
Liu Xing nodded, because he had roughly estimated the weight of this small wooden box before and determined that its weight was not much different from that of an ordinary wooden box, so it was abnormal for this small wooden box to sink to the bottom now.
But what made Liu Xing even more surprised was that the small wooden box did not start to bubble as he thought.
Is this a completely sealed wooden box?
What is this operation?
Liu Xing became more and more confused as to why Bai Shizhi gave him such a thing. Was it just to prank him?
Thinking of this, Liu Xing planned to go straight to the kitchen knife.
As a result, just when Liu Xing was about to ask Yamamoto to bring over the kitchen knife from the tile factory opposite, Kokawa Kofu suddenly said in surprise: "The water level in this basin seems to be dropping!"
After Liu Xing came back to his senses, he took a closer look and found that the water level in the basin in front of him was indeed constantly falling!
Obviously, it must be the small wooden box that is constantly absorbing water.
"Quickly, go get some more basins of water."
Liu Xing stared at the small wooden box and said: "I think this basin of water is not enough for this small wooden box."
Just as Liu Xing said, although this small wooden box drinks water a little slowly, it can't keep drinking, so by the time the second basin of water is brought over, the first basin of water has already gone down more than half.
However, the size of this small wooden box has not changed at all, it still looks just that big.
"What on earth is this? Even if this small wooden box contains a sponge, it can't possibly absorb so much water, right?"
Faced with this question from Tanaka Qingya, Liu Xing couldn't explain it for a while, because the Cthulhu Run Game Hall did not define this small wooden box as a prop, so Liu Xing didn't know about such a small wooden box.
How did he "drink" so much water? But then again, Liu Xing couldn't help but think of the mythical creature under Cross Lake. It also drank a lot.
Could it be that the materials used to make this small wooden box include materials from that mythical creature?
By the way, Tetsuya Honda!
Liu Xing suddenly had an idea, and suddenly thought that he could turn to an outside audience, that is, Honda Tetsuya, who started acting alone after arriving in Nagoya, because Honda Tetsuya, as a mythical creature who has lived for an unknown number of years, has a reserve of knowledge.
The quantity must be very abundant, so strange little wooden boxes like this may be very common in its eyes.
So, Liu Xing told Mr. Kokawa to keep filling the small wooden box with water, while he went to the side to call Tetsuya Honda.
Soon, Tetsuya Honda answered the phone.
After listening to Liu Xing's description of the small wooden box, Honda Tetsuya said with a smile: "It's a bit interesting. I didn't expect that there are still people making boxes with water wood. Didn't I tell you before, Liu Xing, that my ethnic group has always had them?"
Water shortage is a problem, so my people are trying every possible means to make some containers that can store a large amount of water. The common ones are of course underground cellars and bottles and cans; and this water tree is originally a material that we have high hopes for, because
It can absorb water far exceeding its own volume, but in the end we gave up after various attempts."
"The reason for giving up is very simple, that is, Shuimu is like a brave animal. In most cases, it can only go in but not out. Even if you break it, it will not release a drop of water. And the only thing I know so far is
One way to make it spit out water is to evaporate the water by roasting it with fire, but this requires a lot of fuel, because it is not easy to boil so much water; however,
Then again, this water wood has another characteristic, that is, when it absorbs enough water, its volume will expand several times."
"How many times does it expand? That means that the wooden box itself is made of expanded waterwood, and then shrinks by evaporating water, so the original gaps will become almost non-existent due to the shrinkage of waterwood?
"
Tetsuya Honda on the other end of the phone smiled, nodded and said: "Yes, that's the truth, because when Mizuki shrinks, it doesn't shrink in equal proportions, so those gaps disappear naturally; but I'm quite curious now.
One thing is, where does the waterwood used in this box come from? Because of these strange characteristics of waterwood, it is very unpopular. After all, water resources were still very important in that era, so many tribes chose to surround the waterwood.
Cut off the weeds and roots of the water and trees, so that the water and trees will not compete with themselves for water resources."
"Is there such a thing? It seems that Mizuki should have become extinct many years ago, right?"
Liu Xing followed Honda Tetsuya's meaning and said: "It seems that this wooden box was not made on earth."
"Oh, Liu Xing, why did you say that? Could it be that this small wooden box was sent by a mythical creature from an alien planet?" Honda Tetsuya asked doubtfully.
Liu Xing thought for a while, briefly told what happened to Yu Yingyi, and then briefly introduced Bai Shizhi who gave him this box.
"It seems that this small wooden box may have been brought back from an alien planet, because Mizuki's ability to adapt to the environment is quite strong, and it can survive with just a little water. But why did Liu Xing determine that this small wooden box was brought back by Mikage Ichi and Shiraishi Shiba?
For you?"
Faced with this question from Tetsuya Honda, Liu Xing said without thinking: "It's very simple. Mikage got help from Nyarlathotep before returning to Earth, so he probably already knew that Kogawa Xiaofu would
At this critical moment, I ventured back to Tokyo to see my father, so I arranged for Shiraishi Shiba to play such a trick, but I still don’t understand why he did this, because if Mikage wanted to take revenge on me, he should
You wouldn’t use such insidious means.”
As a strong man, Liu Xing felt that Yu Yingyi should be proud of being a strong man.
"Okay, I think if this small wooden box is really sent by Mikage Yi, then there is a high probability that what is inside is a challenge letter, asking you to go to a certain place for a fight, and that small metal object is to enter
The key to that place."
As soon as Tetsuya Honda finished speaking, the call ended abruptly.
Liu Xing looked at his phone in surprise, and for a moment he didn't know why Honda Tetsuya hung up the phone.
"Is it because Tetsu Honda didn't pay the phone bill either?"
Liu Xing muttered to himself while redialing Tetsuya Honda, only to hear a notification that the phone was turned off.
It seems that Tetsuya Honda is not used to modern life yet.
Liu Xing shook his head and returned to the table.
At this time, the small wooden box had absorbed three basins of water.
Seeing the curious expressions on the faces of Kouchuan Xiaofu and others, Liu Xing briefly explained the situation of this small wooden box.
"It turns out that this small wooden box is made of an extinct wood. No wonder it is so magical."
Just when Tanaka Qingya sighed, the small wooden box that was motionless in the water suddenly began to shake violently, and then suddenly changed from the size of a fist to the size of a football, and finally an obvious gap was exposed.
Ever since, less than a minute later, the small metal object in the small wooden box appeared in front of Liu Xing... Just as Liu Xing had thought before, this small wooden box contained a key, and
The key is also sized to match the small lock on the table.
Could this be the key to that little lock?
Liu Xing looked at the key and then at the small lock, not knowing what to do for a moment.
If this key really matches the lock, then Shiraishi Shiba's purpose of sending this key is open to question. At the same time, it can also be determined that this key was brought back by Mikage, and Nyarlathotep may
He also opened a small stove for him and predicted the future, so the key fell into his hands under such a suitable situation.
If all these prerequisites are true, then a new question will appear in front of Liu Xing, that is, why does Miyagi do this? Or does he really hope to open this lock by himself?
So what exactly is in this lock?
But now, as an important figure in the Sawada family, Liu Xing would definitely not take the risk himself, so after making up his mind, he gave Kokawa Kofu a look and asked him to find someone to try to open the lock.
I don’t know whether Mr. Kokawa understood Liu Xing’s eyes or not, but in short, Mr. Kokawa volunteered to open the lock.
Seeing this situation, Liu Xing couldn't let anyone else try to open the lock, so he could only ask Mr. Kokawa to be careful, and then stood in the distance and watched worriedly.
With a "click", the lock opened, and nothing happened.
Could it be that all my previous guesses were wrong?
"Huh? There seems to be a note in here."
Mr. Kokawa turned around and asked, "How about we just break the lock now?"
Liu Xing didn't think for long this time, and nodded in agreement: "Yes, but be careful and try not to destroy the note inside."
Mr. Onikawa nodded, and asked his men to bring a small electric drill that looked a bit like the one used by dentists. It didn't take long to open the lock... From a certain point of view, this was considered an attack.
"Open" the lock.
The result was just as Liu Xing had guessed before, the lock was a hollow lock made of iron sheet, but what was hidden inside the lock was not the liquid Liu Xing imagined, but a rolled note.
When he saw this note, Liu Xing felt that his heartbeat seemed to be beating a lot faster, and he didn't know why.
Could this note be directed at me?
Although there was some resistance to opening this note in his heart, it was impossible to turn a blind eye to it now, so Liu Xing could only grit his teeth, pick up the note and open it.
Then, Liu Xing saw three words at first glance - Turner!
this?!
Liu Xing frowned and continued to read the rest of the note - the matter is not over yet, the outcome between us cannot be determined by just one module.
Is this the note Turner left for himself?
Looking at the handwriting on the note, Liu Xing was basically sure that the note was written by Turner, because Turner deliberately imitated his own handwriting... I don’t know why, but Liu Xing has no talent in writing.
, so even Liu Xing himself would only use one word to describe it - ugly.
Therefore, the good-looking handwriting is the same, but the ugly handwriting is all kinds of strange. Therefore, Liu Xing has always felt that his ugly handwriting is unique.
Of course, in this Cthulhu Racer game hall where everything is possible, Liu Xing cannot rule out the possibility of others imitating his handwriting, but judging from the current situation, the only possibility is that the person who wrote this note is
Turner, after all, not many people know about the grievances between themselves and Turner.
But why did the note written by Tenner appear in the lock?
Seeing Liu Xing's frown getting tighter and tighter, Kokawa Xiaofu and others on the side were very curious about what was written on the note, but they did not dare to say anything more because of Liu Xing's face.
More than ten minutes passed like this, and Liu Xing's cell phone suddenly rang, interrupting Liu Xing's meditation.
Could it be that it was Turner calling?
After Liu Xing took a deep breath, he picked up his cell phone and found that the person calling him was Watanabe Ryusei.
Wait, why would Ryusei Watanabe call him at this time? Logically speaking, even if something happens, he should contact Kochi Onikawa directly, right?
Could it be that after Tener left the character card "Liu Xing", he secretly went to the character card "Watanabe Ryusei"?!
Thinking of this, Liu Xing didn't know whether he should answer the call for a moment, because Liu Xing's mood at this time was a bit like the call he made when he was checking the college entrance examination results...
But it was a blessing rather than a curse, and it was a curse that could not be avoided. Liu Xing finally chose to answer the phone.
