Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng felt their hearts in their throats when they saw Lin Yi suddenly emerge from the cover of the diamond umbrella.
"My ancestor, come down quickly. You are still shining a flashlight. You are afraid that these scorpions cannot see you!"
"Old Lin, are you desperate for your life? Come down quickly. The poison of this scorpion is no joke."
"I have found the key to unlocking the eight-treasure core-turning mechanism. Brothers, please hold on a little longer and wait for the news of my victory!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the hidden-tailed scorpions that climbed onto the Vajra Umbrella quietly took out their poisonous needles from under their bodies and shot them in the direction of Lin Yi.
Wave after wave of venom attacked him. Lin Yi secretly screamed something bad, quickly let go of his hand, and jumped off the lotus platform.
As soon as he landed, he heard a sizzling sound above his head.
The venom of these scorpions actually eroded the surface of the white jade lotus platform until a large amount of white foam began to appear.
If this falls on exposed skin, the bones will immediately be visible.
Lin Yi couldn't care less about his fear now. Based on the information he just captured, he adjusted his breath and calmed his mind. He sat on the ground and started to twist the mechanism on the first floor.
Since this senior chose the "Eight Taoist Treasures" that symbolizes the Eight Immortals, and the one closest to the lotus platform is Shi Wenzhong holding a sword.
The sword is the symbol of Lu Zu and Lu Dongbin, and he is also known as the "Head of the Eight Immortals".
The combination of this information should not be a coincidence.
Thinking of this, Lin Yi confirmed his choice and moved the copper code on which the sword was engraved to the bottom layer.
I only heard a "click" sound from the spring core inside, and it was completely stuck. If I wanted to regret it, it was impossible to move it any further.
There is no turning back when you shoot. Now that you have made a choice, you must continue to follow this line of thinking.
Behind the two stone statues are two stone horses standing opposite each other.
The base is octagonal, and the other positions of these two stone horses are no different from other stone horses, except that the ears of this horse are longer than the other stone horses.
If it weren't for the octagonal base underneath, Lin Yi wouldn't have noticed this detail at all.
Those with short ears are horses and those with long ears are donkeys. This is a matter of common sense.
The donkey is Zhang Guolao's mount, so this second layer must be the copper code engraved with the fishing drum.
Lin Yi used both hands to twist the mechanism lock and heard the sound of the spring core getting stuck again.
The stone statues at the back are a pair of barbarians leading horses, standing opposite each other, with their feet on an octagonal base.
Different from other stone statues of Hu people holding horses, these two Hu people have a piccolo tied around their waists.
This was an extremely common phenomenon in the Tang Dynasty.
The poet Li Taibai once wrote a poem: When the Hu people played the jade flute, half of it was the sound of Qin.
Therefore, in order to strive to restore the reality of stone statues, craftsmen will also pay attention to these details when carving.
But only the two Hu men leading the horses wore piccolos around their waists.
That must mean something else, and the flute is the symbol of Han Xiangzi.
Lin Yi immediately twisted the copper code with the flute engraved on it to the third level, and the copper code was locked again.
Following this idea, Lin Yi successively discovered on these stone statues with octagonal bases baskets hanging on the backs of camels, wat boards in the hands of civil servants, stone sheep with horns coiled into gourds, and fan-shaped carvings. The patterned stone pillars also include the hairpins worn by Hu merchants from the Western Regions.
In this way, these hinting details all correspond to the "eight treasures" on the lock.
When Lin Yi finally pressed the copper code with the Lotus Lake pattern, the "Eight Treasures Core-Revolving Mechanism Lock" in his hand made a series of noises.
Immediately afterwards, a "click" of the external copper code was heard. This weight-like lock was like an open lotus, opening layer by layer from the outside to the inside.
Lin Yi shouted in surprise:
"It's open! It's open! Brothers, I'm open!"
The two of them didn't even bother to talk to him at the moment.
The items on hand that could prevent the scorpions from attacking on a large scale had been exhausted. The two of them could only resort to clumsy methods, shooting one by one, and always be wary of the scorpion venom sprayed by these hidden-tailed scorpions.
At this moment, the two of them just wished that they were not the reincarnation of Eight-Armed Nezha and had grown multiple arms.
"Then what? Where do we go now? What's the way out?"
Wang Qiang asked from the front without looking back.
Only then did Lin Yi realize that after unlocking the outer mechanism of the "Eight Treasures Cylinder Mechanism Lock", a real lock cylinder was actually revealed in the middle.
If we put it aside as usual, now we are really going to be blind.
But Lin Yi had just mastered the skill of unlocking, and now he could use it immediately.
"Wait a moment!"
Lin Yi reached out and took out a silver needle from his bag, and inserted it into the lock core. After searching forward, backward, left, and right, he took out three more silver needles and twisted them into one with his hands.
He poked it in tentatively along the keyhole.
This scene happened to be seen by Wang Qiang who turned around.
"Damn it, Lao Lin, when did you learn how to slide a door and pick a lock?"
Lin Yi didn't bother to answer him, he just focused on tinkering with the keyhole.
Netizens in the live broadcast room were just now immersed in "fighting monsters" with Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng.
Now the screen turned and I just saw Lin Yi poking the keyhole.
"Does the anchor still have this skill? Why hasn't it been shown before? This skill is too punishing, and the days are getting more and more decisive!"
"The anchor showed such a skill in front of so many people in the live broadcast room, which is more or less provocative!"
"This lock looks complicated, and even a set of lockpicking tools may not be able to open it."
While netizens were talking about it, they heard the spring of the lock in Lin Yi's hand click, and the curved copper ring lock on the top actually opened!
The chain that was tied to the lock broke free from the lock with a "swish" sound, and only a crunching sound could be heard in the ears.
"Get out of the way!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lin Yi swooped and pushed Wang Qiang and Qian Sheng away from their position.
As the three of them fell to one side, a huge lotus petal fell from the sky behind them and hit the ground heavily, stirring up countless dust.
Looking back, the fallen lotus petals looked like a suspension bridge, with finger-thick copper chains connecting the two sides.
It was completely dark inside, and nothing could be seen.
"Why are you still standing there? Come in quickly! I'll cut off the queen!"
Wang Qiang was the first to react and yelled at the two people behind him.
Seeing a way to survive appeared, he immediately regained his confidence, climbed up from the ground, picked up the diamond umbrella with both hands, and rushed forward to buy Lin Yi and Qian Sheng time to escape.
These hidden-tailed scorpions were not stupid either. Seeing that the cooked duck was about to fly away, they launched a large-scale onslaught.
No matter what kind of engineering shovel or diamond umbrella you have, they all surge forward like a tide.
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