As the three people and one monkey cooperated more and more tacitly, the speed of excavation and expansion became faster and faster.
Wukong charged at the front and killed these old rats until they were really running away.
Qian Sheng followed behind, bending the head of the engineer's shovel down like a hoe. With a few shovels, he could find a position that could accommodate him, and then loosen the surrounding soil.
Lin Yi followed closely, holding the cyclone shovel, and working with Qian Sheng, after a few stirs, a big hole as thick as a person came out.
A few more pushes and pulls from front to back, left, and right, and a passage immediately expanded for two people to climb side by side without any pressure.
Wang Qiang used an engineer shovel to make some repairs at the back, and climbed up using his hands and feet to keep up with the rhythm of the large army in front.
This mouse hole does not go straight up and down, but twists and turns upwards in the rammed soil layer, with many branches in some places.
Lin Yi is not afraid of getting lost.
Because Wukong is a "spiritual monkey" who can bring them out of the tomb of Queen Jingjue. How can it be difficult to defeat him in a mere mouse hole?
But as they dug faster and faster, the noise coming from the front became smaller and smaller.
Immediately afterwards, he heard the sound of the engineer shovel in Qian Sheng's hand.
It seemed like he had dug something hard on top of his head.
"Shop Manager Qian, what's going on above?"
Lin Yi asked from below.
"Master Lin, I really asked you to tell me that there seems to be a second floor above. My head is now a big stone slab."
Saying this, Qian Sheng used the shovel to knock around again.
"The area of this stone slab is not small."
slate!
Lin Yi quickly asked:
"Are you sure, Shopkeeper Qian? If it is really a stone slab, how did Wukong and those rats get up there?"
"There seems to be a gap between the stone slabs, which can only accommodate their size. We are definitely out of luck."
As he said that, Qian Sheng took out a short crowbar from his waist and stuck it in along the gap. However, there was no point of strength under the crowbar and it could not exert its leverage.
Moreover, the area of this stone slab is not small, and there are other stone slabs rubbing against each other around it. Over time, it has almost become a whole piece and cannot be pried at all.
This passage that was finally found turned out to be a dead end!
If you really want to solve all the puzzles you have encountered before, entering this second-floor space is the key!
"Old Lin, Shopkeeper Qian, what's going on ahead, why did you stop?"
"There is a layer of stone slabs pressing down on the top of our head. This slab weighs at least a hundred kilograms. It cannot be moved with a cyclone shovel, nor can it be pried open with a crowbar. If it doesn't work, we have to go back the way we came and find another way out. "
Wang Qiang was happy when he heard this.
"Hey, what did I think it was? You two find a place to rest and let me show you my skills."
Qian Sheng and Lin Yi had been leading the way, and their physical exertion was the greatest. By now, their arms and legs were sore.
Wang Qiang has the least amount of activity, and among the three of them, he is the strongest.
He is really the right person to do this.
After hearing his offer, Lin Yi and Qian Sheng simply refused to compete with him. They each dug a hole to the left and right to make way for Wang Qiang to pass through. The three of them crowded under the stone slab to see how he showed off his skills. .
Wang Qiang came up in disgrace, and his first words were to teach them a lesson.
"You guys, you have no experience. When I just came back from changing jobs, I was introduced to the water company. Within two days of working, I was sent to follow the master to drill underground water supply channels.
The first lesson I learned is that if you are locked under a manhole cover, you must not use the crowbar. You have to carry it on your shoulders. Look! "
After saying that, Wang Qiang used the engineering shovel to dig out two rows of small pits around the ground, and used the shovel to pound the soil into a solid state.
Then he raised his engineering shovel and knocked it back and forth under the stone slab. After choosing a position, he tightened his belt, put his shoulders under the stone slab, tilted his head, exerted all his strength, and groaned.
"Let's go!"
Dirt began to fall rustlingly from the cracks above, and then the stone slab on Wang Qiang's body showed signs of loosening.
Wang Qiang stabilized his body and moved upward little by little according to the foothold he dug out.
The stone slab above also began to move upward a little bit.
As he pushed it up little by little, he heard a muffled sound, and a black stone slab one square meter square and ten centimeters thick was pushed aside by Wang Qiang.
A burst of dust flew down, and the earth mist filled the air, making it difficult to open one's eyes.
After they dispersed for a while, the heads of the three of them suddenly became enlightened.
"People cannot be judged by their appearance, and sea water cannot be measured! Mr. Wang, you usually don't show off your appearance, but this move is earth-shattering!"
"Lao Wang, you are really awesome! Why didn't I know you had this ability?"
Lin Yi admired from the bottom of his heart.
Wang Qiang pretended to be relaxed and patted the dirt on his hands.
"Didn't you tell me that you have so many outstanding abilities?
Besides, where is this? That is to say, I don't want to compete with you for the C position. If I hadn't been tricked by that moth before and my body hadn't recovered, this job would have been easy!
I said, you two, why are you still standing there? let's go! "
After speaking, Wang Qiang put his hands on the edge of the stone slab next to him and climbed up first.
Lin Yi and Qian Sheng followed closely and climbed up.
The surroundings were dark, and the smell of moldy food came to my face.
Turn on a strong flashlight and take a photo.
"Good guy, what is this place? We didn't dig a hole into the grain station in the county, did we?"
What appeared in front of the three people was mountains of food, scattered all over the ground, as far as the eye could see.
The granaries used to hold these grains have been gnawed beyond recognition by rats.
"The food here is all moldy, it shouldn't be a local grain depot."
"Master Lin, you see, the piles here are mainly millet, and there is also some wheat and unhulled millet."
Qian Sheng gathered the scattered grains in his hands and held them up in front of Lin Yi with a flashlight.
"No wonder the rats here can grow so fat. There is enough food here for them to eat even if the earth explodes! Who would store food here?"
Wang Qiang looked at the food everywhere and couldn't help but admired it.
Lin Yi looked at the moldy grain pellets in Qian Sheng's hand, and then at the granaries that had been bitten by rats.
Suddenly his eyes lit up.
"I understand! I understand! Shopkeeper Qian, remember we discussed before that the person who can use the 'King of Wood' must be at least a royal-level figure."
"That's right. How can ordinary people afford this thing?"
"However, none of the ancient and rare historical materials record any emperors of the Tang Dynasty who built large-scale construction projects in Xiqi."
"Yes, Tang Xizong passed through this realm when he was fleeing."
Lin Yi grabbed a handful of moldy grain from the ground.
"No, there must be a certain emperor of the Tang Dynasty who once built a lot of construction here and did not hesitate to spend huge manpower and material resources. This is the evidence!
The reason why there is no record of this incident is because they did it secretly. "
(End of chapter)
