Just when Chen Ziyan looked over to check, a muttering behind him attracted his attention.
After thinking about it for a moment, he realized that this was really the case.
The eight secret doors on the wall function almost like a combination lock, and they are still in their initial form without a password.
But if you think about it, you can understand that this arrangement is very secretive. If you set a password, it will be too harsh for latecomers.
If he hadn't obtained the map by accident, even Chen Ziyan would have been hard-pressed to think that there was something else going on here.
If this 'lock' really had a password, then finding the password would probably be a difficult problem.
However, Chen Ziyan did not argue with him. After sighing secretly in his heart, he ignored this episode and returned his attention to the matter at hand.
After looking back and forth for a while, Chen Ziyan made a judgment that the depth of the pool below must be at least ten meters, otherwise it would not be able to accommodate the lowered stone platform.
After coming to this conclusion, Chen Ziyan had some idea in his mind and began to think about how to proceed.
From what just happened, we can see that the space below and here are both part of the Qimen Dunjia Formation. The upper and lower spaces are not completely unrelated and can be treated as a whole.
This means that there is probably a way down there, but they didn't find it.
But Chen Ziyan did not intend to continue looking.
Because the current harvest is enough for him, what he wants to do is very simple, that is, go down and check it out at close range to make sure that it can lead to the underground space where the previous batch came from.
As long as he can achieve this goal, he doesn't care what method he uses, and it doesn't matter whether he takes the right path or not.
The hole that now appears in front of them can accommodate them to enter and exit at will, and the length of the rope they carry is also used, so they can act simply and roughly.
Thinking like this, Chen Ziyan's eyes couldn't help but shift and fell on the Dinghai Stone Monkey not far away.
If they want to go down through the rope, it is best to tie the other end to a fixed object, which is much less troublesome than relying on human power to fix it.
And in the space they are in now, the only ones that can meet the requirements are these Dinghai Stone Monkeys, and there is no other better choice.
They can't use those open secret doors, or go behind the door to find something fixed, right?
But as soon as this idea arose, it was rejected by Chen Ziyan himself.
Because when this thought occurred, he couldn't help but think of the muttering he just heard.
If the secret door on the wall is really a combination lock, then these Dinghai Stone Monkeys are not just decorations. This is something that does not need to be verified.
As for the fact that the guys had inspected the Dinghai Stone Monkey more than once, Chen Ziyan felt that there was no conflict between the two.
Based on his understanding of the mechanisms in the undersea tomb, most of the time they are connected one after another, which means that only when the previous mechanism is triggered can the subsequent mechanism take effect.
For example, in the situation at hand, only when all the secret doors are opened can the jade monument be lowered. From this, we can make an association. Is it true that only when the jade monument is lowered can the mechanisms related to the Dinghai Stone Monkey take effect?
As far as Chen Ziyan knows, lock mechanisms in ancient times loved to use this method.
So he was 80% sure that the Dinghai Stone Monkeys around him would definitely not be useless decorations.
"Would you like to try it?"
Thinking of this, Chen Ziyan suddenly came up with this idea.
Perhaps he could find the way down through these stone monkeys, which would undoubtedly make him feel more at ease.
Although it is very quiet here now, Chen Ziyan is not at ease at all, especially those secret doors that are opened. Who knows if something weird will come out of it.
And there are...man-made disasters.
If everyone can go down together, then these worries can be avoided, and each other can be taken care of.
But after thinking for a moment, Chen Ziyan gave up the idea because he didn't want to waste time anymore.
While he was thinking, he suddenly realized a problem, that is, the time it takes to find a path...that is, to crack the mechanism.
It seems that the stone monkeys are there, and the number is limited, but the experience along the way shows that it is not as simple as imagined.
Chen Ziyan made a brief calculation in his mind and found that unless they cracked the mechanism directly, the time required for them was completely unknown, ranging from a few hours to several hours. This was undoubtedly not cost-effective for him.
of.
If you have this time, you might as well go down directly.
After completely giving up the idea of trying, Chen Ziyan no longer hesitated and directly chose the simplest and most direct option.
If there are no suitable fixtures, there won't be anything. Anyway, there are many people coming. Although this will be a little troublesome, fortunately there are not many people going down, and the people staying up are enough.
This time Chen Ziyan planned to go directly to the battle in person, because others did not know the inside story and would inevitably make mistakes, so he had to go alone to feel at ease.
And when Chen Ziyan told him his plan, the guys' expressions suddenly became strange, and doubts flashed in their eyes.
As the saying goes, when things go wrong, there must be a monster!
After this period of contact, they had a more or less preliminary understanding of what kind of person Chen Ziyan was.
Not to mention how much he cherishes his life, but he definitely has a cautious temperament.
Logically speaking, when it comes to things like this, Chen Ziyan usually sends people to explore the way, and goes into battle himself if he doesn't come up.
After all, they knew very well what Chen Ziyan's intention was in recruiting so many experts in the industry.
To put it nicely, we are working together for a great cause, but to put it more bluntly, we are just cannon fodder.
The guys who sacrificed their lives earlier have proven this with their own lives.
So when they heard Chen Ziyan say that he would do this operation by himself with only two people to help him, all the guys immediately realized something was wrong.
It can only be said that this abnormal behavior is very wrong in their opinion.
However, no one asked rashly, and they still understood this rule.
Chen Ziyan is the boss of this trip. He wants to say it is his freedom, but if he doesn't want to say it, then as the clerks, they cannot force him.
Of course, this is under the premise that Chen Ziyan can convince everyone.
If he didn't have this ability, then the situation would have been reversed long ago.
After all, there are not many good people who can live a prosperous life in this industry.
Although Chen Ziyan cannot know all the psychological activities of the guys, he can guess some of them.
He had already thought of this consequence the moment he made the decision.
But even so, he still had to go down there in person, because it was a matter of his future, and he wouldn't trust it if it were left to others.
And when it was time to use this fallback route, Chen Ziyan didn't want to tell anyone else. The reason was still the same. He didn't trust his temporary associates.
You must know that this trip does not include anything else. There are nearly a hundred pieces of priceless blue and white porcelain, large and small. Even if the value of antiques has not yet reached its peak, this is still a wealth that ordinary people cannot imagine.
If someone with intentions knew about the existence of the escape route, he was afraid that half of his men would be lost if he was not careful.
As for whether the people who stayed up there would be disloyal after he went down, Chen Ziyan wasn't too worried about that.
First of all, other people don't know the existence of the underground way out, at least until they get back to the ship, even if they have ideas, they won't act rashly.
Secondly, he didn't just go down regardless, he also kept a backup plan on top.
Chen Ziyan's back-ups are Dong Zhuohua and Dong Yanxia. It's not that he trusts them very much, but that he knows very well that before he gets the answer he wants, these two people will not sit back and let him have an 'accident'.
As for saying that money touches people's hearts?
He is not too worried about this, because he knows the background of the Zhang family.
Even though the Zhang family has fallen apart, the main family has been really hit hard. For example, the overseas branches have not been severely affected.
Therefore, the Zhang family who are still active now, except maybe Zhang Qiling, the rest of them are not short of money, especially the branches that reacted in advance, and their assets will definitely not be inferior to those of the Wang family.
After all, the Zhang family has existed much longer than the Wang family. Counting units are millennia. Who knows how much wealth they have accumulated.
Through secret observation, Chen Ziyan was able to determine that these two people in his team were the kind of branch whose inheritance had not been broken, because he did not see any abnormalities.
Along the way, no matter how calm the other guys acted, their excitement could still be seen in their subtle movements and expressions.
Only these two people were so calm, without even a surprised look in their eyes, they perfectly explained what it means to "treat money like dirt".
But Chen Ziyan didn't believe that there really was such a person in the world, so there was only one explanation left, that is, he himself had more wealth than this, so he could treat such a rich harvest with a normal mind.
Only in this way can the performance of the two people be explained.
That's why Chen Ziyan made the decision to go down in person without Puppet A around.
Because he still has what these two people want, they will spontaneously become his guarantee to stay up there.
Soon the guys made preparations, and after tying the rope firmly around their waists, Chen Ziyan led two more skilled guys down from the entrance of the cave.
Although they entered the cave one after another, the three people were actually at the same height after going down.
The two men, armed with weapons, were guarding both sides of Chen Ziyan, scanning the surroundings vigilantly.
After entering the cave entrance, Chen Ziyan glanced around first. After confirming that there was no sudden attack, he turned on the searchlight and looked at the rock wall.
As he expected, there was a spiraling downward stone staircase on the surrounding rock wall.
The stone steps are carved directly into the rock wall, so they are very narrow and can only accommodate one person walking.