Xiao Lou's words made the other five people feel confused, and they all came over to look at the mirror.
It was also the first time that Yu Hanjiang heard the term "Yin Yang Mirror". He looked carefully at the bronze mirror in Xiao Lou's hand, and soon discovered that the reason why his appearance in the mirror was distorted was because the bronze mirror had flipped his appearance.
.
This effect is a bit like the "fun mirror" in the park. In principle, it should be based on the refraction of light and the concave and convex of the mirror, causing the image in the mirror to distort and deform to a certain extent.
Xiao Lou explained, "In legend, the Yin-Yang Mirror has two sides: Yin and Yang. The Yin side is death and the Yang side is life. There is also a saying that the Yin-Yang Mirror can see ghosts from the underworld. However, the mirror we found does not seem to have a fairy.
In the novel, the function of seeing ghosts in the underworld is just to reverse the projected image."
"Show me." Tang Ci stretched out his hand, and Xiao Lou handed him the bronze mirror.
Tang Ci did not look at his face in the mirror, but carefully studied whether there was any hidden mechanism in the mirror.
Soon, Tang Ci discovered that there was actually a mezzanine in the middle of the bronze mirror, but it was fixed and could not be opened. He frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Xiao Lou and said, "Where's the compass?"
Xiao Lou handed him the compass he had just found in another secret room.
Tang Ci held up the Yin-Yang Mirror with one hand, flipped it to the back, and then gently placed the compass on the bronze mirror. To everyone's surprise, the pointer on the compass did not move at all, but at the moment when the compass and the Yin-Yang Mirror lightly touched
, the pointer above suddenly began to rotate rapidly.
The pointer continued to rotate several times before finally stabilizing. Judging from the compass direction, the downward direction of the steps should be east.
Lao Mo wondered, "Is this yin-yang mirror used to activate the compass?"
Tang Ci returned the mirror and compass to Xiao Lou and said, "The manufacturing principle of ancient compasses relies on the attraction of the earth's magnetic field, which is the same as the compass. One side of this yin-yang mirror is a mirror, and the other side looks like ancient bronze, but the material is actually
It’s not pure copper. I discovered that the bronze mirror actually had magnets mixed into it, because there are some magnets in the materials used to make my wheelchair, which will react when it’s close to the mirror.”
Lu Jiuchuan touched his chin thoughtfully, "In other words, the magnet in the bronze mirror can be used to activate the compass and restore its function. The things found in these two secret rooms can be regarded as props for us to help us get out of the maze."
Xiao Lou turned around and looked at the mechanisms of the two secret rooms.
Just like the stone door you encounter when entering the maze, you can judge the direction of the dancing men and women in the sacrificial totems and rotate the ever-light lamp to open the door.
They have experienced so many square-piece secret chambers before, and the opening methods of each secret room are different. But now, the opening method of the door is exactly the same as the stone door opening method of these two small secret rooms. It is impossible for the square-piece gatekeepers to do this.
Be lazy and set up three mechanisms with the same method in a row.
The only explanation is that they haven't really entered the maze yet.
The section of road we just walked through is just the entrance to the maze, a "warm-up" area leading to the underground maze. The compass and yin-yang mirror have no direct connection with the owners of the ancient tomb, they are just props given to them by the gatekeepers.
Thinking of this, Xiao Lou said, "Brother Ninth is right, what we just walked through should be just the entrance of the maze, just like the props given to players by the boss when playing an escape room game. The compass and yin-yang mirror will be used in the next level.
, it may be of great use.”
Xiao Lou handed the compass to Lao Mo and put away the Yin Yang Mirror himself.
Lu Jiuchuan had already begun to have a headache. He rubbed his temples and said, "It took me a long time to open three doors. This is still the prelude."
Tang Ci glanced at him, as if he was used to swearing at him, and said calmly, "According to statistics from the Intelligence Bureau, Fang Pian Weekly is different from Fang Pian secret rooms. Ordinary Fang Pian secret rooms can be walked out in a few hours.
Diamond Weekly is notoriously time-consuming. Some teams could not find the exit of the maze for days and nights, and starved to death in the maze."
When Lao Mo heard this, his face suddenly turned pale, and his fists were clenched tightly at his side.
Under the light of the night pearl, Lao Mo's pale face looked like a ghost. Liu Qiao was closest to him and noticed something was wrong with him. He hurriedly asked, "Uncle Mo, what's wrong with you?"
Lao Mo's voice was hoarse, "My previous team was wiped out in Square Weekly, and I was the only one left."
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang also remembered this incident. When they first formed a team with Lao Mo, Lao Mo once mentioned his previous team. His team was just an inconspicuous one among many challenger teams. Everyone’s score for clearing the secret room
He's not very high, he doesn't have that many S cards in his hand, and his strength is very average, so in a regular square game, a team of more than ten people died until he was the only one left.
In order to survive, Lao Mo started an "intermediary" business in the main city, introducing hotels and renting houses to new challengers. He also joined a design company and worked as a decoration designer for local residents.
After meeting Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang, he regained the confidence to pass the secret room and joined Xiao Lou's team.
Xiao Lou walked up to Old Mo and said, "Old Mo, the weekly routine you mentioned was, if I remember correctly, a spinning maze."
Mo Xuemin nodded solemnly, "I was deeply impressed by that week. Every once in a while, the maze would rotate 90 degrees. Many challengers got dizzy in it and couldn't find the exit. Someone accidentally stepped on it.
The authorities were shot to death by random arrows; some others were killed by the hunters after encountering them.”
hunter
In the previous fixed square maze, there had never been a hunter. However, in the week that Lao Mo experienced, a hunter did indeed appear. This was also the key reason why their team suffered heavy casualties in that week.
Tang Ci said calmly, "The rotating maze that Mr. Mo is talking about is Diamond Zhou Chang from more than a month ago. According to statistics from the Intelligence Bureau, the death rate of challengers exceeds 30. Zhou Chang's background is a maze competition, and many challengers were forced to participate.
So there will be hunters mixed in and carrying out assassinations in the maze."
Lu Jiuchuan frowned. "From what I understand, it is not as easy for hunters to enter Diamond Weekly as it is with Spades. Diamonds are a closed maze, unlike Spades, which is an open world. This time
Zhou Chang is an underground tomb again. If they want to get in, they have to open the mechanism themselves."
Tang Ci said, "We have done statistics. The probability of a hunter appearing in diamonds every week is about 2, that is, out of 100 teams, only about 2 will be unlucky enough to encounter a hunter. Will we be one of those 2?"
Unlucky team"
A helpless smile appeared on Lu Jiuchuan's lips, "My identity has been exposed. If they insist on hunting me down, they might really track my location and follow me to this underground tomb."
In other words, they spent a long time playing a prelude and got the yin-yang mirror and compass. At present, they have no idea how big the underground tomb is and how many dangerous mechanisms are inside.
What’s even more frightening is that there may be predators who come out from behind to stab you at critical moments.
It seems that this time Zhou Chang is really dangerous as never before.
Without interference from hunters, Xiao Lou can solve all kinds of puzzles. Mr. Gui understands history and archeology, Tang Ci is familiar with various machines, and Lao Mo is also a maze guide with a strong sense of direction. The strength of their team
, is definitely one of the best among all challenger teams. This week, all teams are ranked together, and it is impossible for them to fall to the last 20 and be eliminated at the bottom.
But once there are hunters, that's not necessarily the case.
Xiao Lou couldn't help but feel nervous. He pressed the voice earphone in his ear and asked, "Senior Gui, how are you doing there?"
Mr. Gui's voice soon rang in everyone's ears, "I found two small secret rooms. The solution to the mechanism is the same as the stone door I saw at the beginning. There is a compass and a mirror in the secret room."
Xiao Lou asked, "What color is the back of the mirror?"
Guiyuan Zhang said, "There are some white totem patterns painted on the bronze."
Xiao Lou turned over the bronze mirror in his hand. Black patterns were painted on the back of the bronze.
Yin-Yang mirror, the yang side is white and the yin side is black. White represents life and black represents death.
This time, the Yin-Yang Mirror of the maze should be divided into two. Xiao Lou got the black Yin side, and Mr. Gui got the white Yang side. In other words, the side Mr. Gui walked on was probably the Shengmen.
And the direction Xiao Lou and the others were walking in might be the door to death.
Mo Xuemin quickly reacted after hearing this: "Judging from the time when they went down the steps and the props Gui Lao and the others got, this maze is probably a symmetrical structure. The next agency we encountered here and their
It will be very similar over there. But it is currently unknown which path leads to the exit of the maze, or whether the maze will rotate after opening a certain mechanism."
Although what Xiao Lou is holding is a dark bronze mirror that symbolizes the "door of death", as Lao Mo said, after they touch a certain mechanism, will the maze rotate? Or is there a way to life or death inside the maze?
In fact, there will be crossover
It doesn't mean that getting the raw door will lead to the exit.
Xiao Lou thought for a moment and said to Guiyuan Zhang, "Senior, we will continue to operate in separate groups. It is not yet possible to judge which path is the right way, the gate of life or the gate of death. You must be careful. This time Zhou Chang does not rule out encountering hunters.
possible."
Gui Yuanzhang whispered, "Okay."
Xiao Lou asked, "Is the compass activated? What is the direction you are going down the steps?"
Guiyuan Zhang said, "It has been activated. This way is to the west."
After 24:00 in the morning, all card skills have been refreshed.
To be on the safe side, Xiao Lou decided to place a Peach Blossom Spring here. Once he encounters trouble that cannot be solved, he can at least return to the Peach Blossom Spring for temporary refuge. The Peach Blossom Spring only exists for 3 hours, and the entire team will be safe for the next 3 hours.
Xiao Lou summoned Tao Yuanming.
Ten seconds after reading the note, he set the entrance to the Peach Blossom Spring on the stair platform between the two small secret rooms.
Lu Jiuchuan looked at the ancient man in a long gown in front of him and asked curiously, "What kind of card is this that just suddenly pulled me under the peach blossom tree? Is this the skill?"
Xiao Lou said, "Well, the summoning card is Tao Yuanming."
Lu Jiuchuan glanced at Xiao Lou with a strange look, "You can summon the ancients."
Yu Hanjiang said lightly, "Xiao Lou can summon many ancient people, including Su Shi, Liu Yong, Li Qingzhao, Qin Guan, Tao Yuanming, Lu Yu, and even Di Renjie who is looking for clues. However, the previous secret rooms were cleared relatively smoothly, and Di Renjie has not come out even once.
Pass."
Lu Jiuchuan ""
After a moment of silence, he gave Xiao Lou a thumbs up, "Awesome."
Xiao Lou asked curiously, "I haven't seen what kind of card Ninth Brother is."
Lu Jiuchuan laughed and said, "I can summon the Suzaku. Although it is an ancient beast, the Suzaku cannot function in this kind of maze at all. It needs a wide space to fly. There are also some cheetahs, lions and other beasts."
Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows, "So, all your cards are summoned beasts"
Lu Jiuchuan helplessly raised his forehead and said, "Yes, I can run away on a lion if necessary."
everyone ""
Tang Ci calmly brought the topic back, "Now that we have the compass, let's move forward."
Everyone adjusted their mentality and continued walking deeper into the steps with Lao Mo.
Since the compass was handed over to Lao Mo, this time, Lao Mo, who had the best sense of direction, took the lead, with Yu Hanjiang protecting from the side, followed closely by Xiao Lou, Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci and Liu Qiao.
The steps continued downward, and after walking for a while, there was still no change in the surroundings.
In front of them were endless spiral staircases, and everyone felt a little uneasy.
The dark passage and the endless downward spiral steps feel like they are leading everyone to the depths of hell.
After walking continuously for 5 minutes, Ye Qi finally couldn't help it anymore. He pressed the voice earphone and complained to all his teammates, "Why are there endless steps? It's the same when I walk here and there. Could it be that we really encountered a ghost?"
Hit the wall”
Chapter 376: Ghost hits the wall
The so-called ghost hitting the wall means repeatedly walking back and forth in a circle.
This is a scene that often appears in ghost movies. For example, in those horror school movies, the protagonist crazily climbs the stairs at night, but no matter how long he climbs, he always stays on a certain floor and can never get out.
After hearing Ye Qi's words, Xiao Lou immediately stopped and asked Lao Mo, "Has the compass changed?"
Mo Xuemin said, "We are walking on spiral steps, and the compass needle keeps circling."
Xiao Lou thought for a moment and suddenly said, "Is it a circular motion?"
Everyone turned to look at him, and Xiao Lou explained, "Have you ever heard of an experiment where people are blindfolded and asked to walk in a straight line based on their feelings on a wide playground? In the end, you will find that what you are walking is actually a very straight line."
Big circle."
He held down the voice earphone to speak, so the words were also transmitted to the ears of the six people in the other team.
Ye Qi was stunned, "Does this mean that ghosts hitting the wall really exist in reality?"
"Yeah." Xiao Lou nodded and said, "Biological research has found that the instinctive movement of any living thing is circular motion. The fundamental reason is that there are subtle differences in the body structure of living things. For example, the lengths of two human legs are actually different.
, the step distance of one leg is long and the distance of the other leg is short, just like a compass with very small difference in legs, if you walk for a long time, it will draw a circle."
Xiao Lou paused and added, "Because normally, our eyes can find reference objects, and the brain constantly locates and corrects them, we can walk out of a straight line. But once we are blindfolded and walk by feeling, anyone can walk out."
Circle. The same goes for other animals and birds. If you cover the eyes of birds and let them fly in the sky, they will also fly in a circle."
Ye Qi suddenly realized, "In other words, we are constantly circling the stairs. This spiral staircase seems to have no end. In fact, this is just an illusion caused by our eyes, causing our legs to continuously move in a circular motion."
Xiao Lou said, "Yes, this should be a maze phantom. Otherwise, we have been walking down for dozens of meters. It is impossible for the ancients to dig the grave so deep."
Lao Mo agreed, "When the maze phantom appears, something must have affected our vision. In fact, our eyes see stairs going all the way down, but there are no stairs here at all."
From an architectural point of view, the foundations of modern high-rise buildings would not be dug so deep. The ancients would not have such a high technical level to dig directly into the ground to a depth of hundreds of meters to build a tomb.
Lao Mo picked up the compass. At this time, the compass pointer pointed to north.
He remembered that when the compass had just been activated in the secret room, he had checked the direction and found that the direction of the stairs going down was east.
Mo Xuemin took the compass and turned 90 degrees on the spot. The pointer on the compass shook for a moment, and Mo Xuemin locked the position of "east".
He found that there was a wall in front of him.
The wall is no different from the surroundings. The entire wall is covered with blue-gray bricks, with some strange cloud patterns on it.
Mo Xuemin walked towards the wall.
He stretched out his hand and pushed the wall in front of him.
The next moment, everyone's eyes widened
I saw that Lao Mo's arm actually passed through the wall.
A trace of surprise flashed in Mo Xuemin's eyes. He continued to walk forward, as if his whole body was suddenly sucked in by the wall, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye.
Yu Hanjiang and others immediately followed, and the five people passed through the wall one after another.
Then they were shocked to discover that they were actually in a wide secret room as big as a basketball court.
Xiao Lou hurriedly used the voice headset to notify the other team, "Senior Gui, if I remember correctly, when you found the compass in the secret room, the direction of the downward steps was to the west."
Gui Yuanzhang said, "Yes."
Xiao Loudao "Adjust your face and use the compass to locate the west, and then go through the wall. These walls and steps are all illusions."
After hearing Xiao Lou's words, Gui Yuanzhang immediately turned around with the compass, and after locating to the west, he decisively led his teammates through the wall.
His deep voice sounded in Xiao Lou's ears: "It's a large secret room."
It seems that Lao Mo's guess was correct. The scenes encountered by the two teams were basically similar. However, one team was heading east and the other team was heading west. The directions were exactly opposite, which also confirmed that this was a "symmetrical tomb".
reasoning.
Gui Yuanzhang continued, "I saw six walls, an alchemy furnace, and many strange spells here. Do you see the same over there?"
Xiao Lou glanced across the audience
The tomb chamber is about one hundred square meters, spacious and empty.
Different from the dark environment outside, the tomb is brightly lit. The shape of the entire room is like a hexagon, with six ever-lasting lamps hanging at the six corners. At this time, the six lamps are all bright, so everyone can see clearly.
The scene inside the tomb.
In the middle of the tomb, there was a bronze medicine house more than one meter high, and a strange green smoke came out of it.
Everyone immediately covered their mouths and noses in alarm.
Yu Hanjiang frowned, "Is it poisonous?"
Xiao Lou analyzed, "It shouldn't be poisonous. Otherwise, most of the challenger team who didn't think about the principle of beating the wall will be poisoned by the smoke as they continue to go down the stairs. Moreover, we walked up the stairs for 5 minutes, and our bodies were not harmed."
No discomfort.”
Yu Hanjiang thought about it and said, "It seems that this smoke is the culprit that causes us to have hallucinations."
Just now, they walked down a flight of steps and entered the tomb.
However, due to the influence of the green smoke, they had visual illusions.
The path they were actually taking was constantly circling around this secret room, which was why the compass needle kept spinning. But what their eyes saw was a spiral staircase leading to a dark hell.
Fortunately, everyone quickly realized that this was an illusion caused by a ghost striking a wall, and relied on the correct position of the compass pointer to get rid of the confusion.
Tang Ci released the mechanical ants to explore the path and walked quickly around the house.
There was no problem with the ground. The mechanical ants did not encounter traps or trigger any sword-like mechanisms.
Then everyone walked to the medicine house with confidence and observed carefully.
There are six talismans affixed to the bronze medicine hut, and the six surrounding walls are also covered with talismans. There are so many talismans that the entire supply is almost covered with talismans, which looks strange.
Xiao Lou didn't understand the meaning of these charms, so he used the voice earphone to ask the old man.
Gui Yuanzhang's response was "I don't understand."
It's like a ghost painting.
The medicine house is the most common hexagonal shape, with a charm of a different color attached to each side.
The structure of this secret room is exactly hexagonal. The six walls are covered with strange ghost symbols, and colorful and ferocious masks are hung on the roof. The whole room is like a place where religious believers perform rituals, which makes people feel sad.
hairy.
However, such a layout can easily remind Xiao Lou of how to open a mechanism.
Xiao Lou said, "Let's first see if there are any hidden mechanisms on the six walls. If there are no hidden compartments on the walls, then the mechanism should be the medicine house in the middle. I guess, rotate the medicine house so that the charms on the medicine house and the six walls
If you match the talisman on it, you can open this secret room."
After all, the medicine house has six sides, and the secret room also has six walls.
There are talismans on the medicine hut and the wall. The rotating medicine hut corresponds to the talismans on the wall. This is the most reasonable association of institutions.
Everyone walked separately; in front of the six walls, they gently tapped and pressed the bricks with their hands.
Soon, everyone reported the results: "No hidden mechanism was found."
It seems Yaolu is the answer.
Everyone turned their attention to the medicine house in the middle.
Liu Qiao carefully looked at the six talismans on the medicine hut, then compared them with the talismans on the wall, and said, "The talismans on the wall are not similar to the talismans on the medicine hut, and the talismans on the medicine hut have different colors.
What do these charms mean?”
Xiao Lou walked to the wall in the upper left corner.
He discovered that the strange patterns on the charms on this wall looked very much like some animals, pigs, cows, horses, and sheep. Because they were drawn with blood-red pens on yellow paper, and the patterns were a little distorted, they were densely covered.
He didn't recognize the wall for a moment.
After taking a closer look, I confirmed that this wall was indeed filled with various animals.
On the second wall, there are many evil ghosts painted with teeth and claws.
On the third wall, there are some strange scenes, with many spells and a door painted on them.
The talisman on the fourth wall depicts the shapes of men and women. Both women and men are dancing. The dance movements are very similar to those seen on the stone gate, like a dance performed by ancient people during sacrifices.
The fifth and sixth walls are all covered with ghostly symbols that cannot be identified.
Xiao Lou touched his chin in deep thought.
Six walls, hexagonal alchemy furnace, talismans covering the walls