Because I had been holding the small "lantern" in my hand, the tunnel was illuminated as soon as I came out. At a glance, I could see a gap of about one meter wide at the joint between the previous side stone wall and the stone wall at the end. gap.
That's right, it's a crack. It's not a gate-shaped entrance, but an entire crack that stretches from the bottom to the top with almost no end in sight.
Chou Chou got in first, and Qingyan quickly followed behind holding a small lantern.
She raised the "lantern" and looked around. Inside was a very large space, a naturally formed cave. There were not only stalagmites but also stalactites hanging there.
Those stalactites and stalagmites are reflected by the light of the spiritual stone. I don't know what minerals are contained in them. They are very beautiful.
It's just that this cave is very dry, and some don't agree with the dryness of this landscape.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of stalactites and stalagmites should be formed by dripping water all year round, but there is no water vapor in them.
It is also possible that this was formed thousands of years ago, and the water inside has dried up since then.
Qingyan asked Chou Chou with a puzzled look on her face: "Why is there nothing here? Is it empty?"
Chou Chou: "This is just the front part. If you go in, there is an auxiliary hole at the back, and everything is in there."
It had just detected it with its spiritual consciousness. The reason why it was not in a hurry to move forward was because it had not detected this hole when it was outside before. It did not know if there were any mechanisms or formations inside, so it had to be careful. .
Chou Chou became the size of an adult again. He took the spirit stone lantern from Qingyan's hand and stretched out his paws for her to hold. If there is any emergency, he can take her back to the space directly.
The two walked forward slowly, trying to find a flat place to stay and not step on the raised places and stones.
After walking cautiously for more than 20 minutes, I reached the middle position. Then I felt a sound coming from above. When I looked up, I saw it was a black net!
The black net was pulled straight down. If they didn't avoid it, they would be trapped inside it soon!
The black net covers a large area, with a diameter of about twenty to thirty meters. It is almost impossible to avoid it by running or jumping.
Chou Chou took Qingyan into the space without thinking. After staying there for a minute, Chou Chou told Qing Yan: "I'll go out and take a look. You wait for me inside first. If there's no danger, I'll take you out again." ."
Qingyan nodded obediently, and of course she couldn't cause trouble at this time.
Almost as soon as she nodded, Chou Chou disappeared into the space.
Qingyan couldn't see outside, and couldn't detect her consciousness, so she had to wait anxiously inside.
She looked at the watch subconsciously and saw the motionless second hand, then remembered that the watch would stop running in the ChouChou space.
She had no choice but to find something to do by herself, and put the gold and silver ornaments that Chou Chou had collected into categories into different categories, and put them where the antiques were.
Looking at the seven boxes left there, she was a little afraid to move, fearing that there were some restrictions on them that would hurt her or cause any harm to Chou Chou.
Besides, she didn't think she could open the box that Chou Chou couldn't even see through.
…
After Chou Chou left the space, he landed on the black net. The black net was pulled down without catching them, and spread directly on the ground. In some places, it was lifted up by stalagmites and hung there.
Chou Chou stepped on the black net as soon as he came out. He stepped on it and felt it. He couldn't recognize what kind of material it was made of, but he could feel that the material was very tough. If he was caught by it, he would be trapped by it with brute force. It couldn't be torn apart, at least not with its current strength.
I was just about to squat down and use my paws to try to see if I could fold it into the space, but something unexpected happened! The black net seemed to be alive. It picked up instantly, pocketed it inside and hung it up!
Chou Chou did not return to the space immediately. He wanted to see if there were any other mechanisms, and also wanted to see why the network moved on its own when there were no connection points around it.
If this is a magic weapon, it does not feel the fluctuations of aura or other energy. It depends on whether someone or something is controlling it.
When it was hoisted to the top of the cave, it turned out to be a huge black spider on the top of the cave!
It never discovered it. This spider's hiding ability is so great!
So, this web is made of silk spun by this spider?
Chou Chou looked at the spider the size of a car slowly crawling over, and used his claws to tear the web apart. As he imagined, it couldn't be torn apart at all.
I used my spiritual sense to look at the spider, and there was a demonic aura floating around it! Is it actually a monster?
wrong! There is no life in it!
This is wrong. Even a monster should be alive as long as it is alive. It cannot be alive at all unless it is dead.
But it's clearly moving now, although it's moving slowly... Wait!
Things that move are not necessarily alive. In addition to souls like blackbirds, there is another kind that is refined by monks after death, trapping the soul in the dead body, and letting it obey its driving.
To put it simply, they are puppets.
This spider was probably captured by Yin Jin's uncle and turned into a puppet.
Looking at the black front paws attacking him, Chou Chou no longer stayed in a space to dodge back!
…
Qingyan looked at Chou Chou trapped in the black web and the huge spider opposite, and was stunned on the spot.
What is this scenario?
"Holy crap! Why did you bring them in too!"
Chou Chou himself was startled. He obviously wanted to come in by himself, but he didn't expect to bring them in with him.
He quickly used his spiritual consciousness to move the spider to an open space far away, got trapped, and then broke free from the web.
He patted his chest. Fortunately, he had the final say on his own natal space, otherwise he would have capsized in the gutter.
Looking at Qingyan, who was obviously frightened, she quickly comforted her: "Don't be afraid, Yanyan, she's fine. I met this outside. This web should be a spider web, and the giant spider should have been refined." The puppet monster has no breath of life anymore.”
Then he told Qingyan about his experiences and speculations after he went out.
Qingyan was stunned for a moment after hearing this. This Yin Jinbai sect is quite impressive. Not only is it proficient in formations, but it can also contract monsters and refine monsters into puppets. This sect has a comprehensive knowledge.
Chou Chou studied the black network in his hand and did not waste time chatting with Qingyan, "That's not necessarily true. Contracting monster beasts is a secret method passed down from the ancestors of the Yin family. It is estimated that this monster puppet refining technique should also be written by Yin Jin.
It should be a backup just in case. Maybe I took Yin Jin into the space, and the power of the contract was temporarily cut off. It was only after the spider came in that I discovered the power of the contract with Yin Jin. . "
Qingyan looked at the big spider in the distance and saw that it was motionless. Then she approached Chou Chou and reached out to touch the black web.
"Hiss--it hurts!"
There are tiny barbs on the internet!
Qingyan raised her hand in front of her eyes and looked at the index finger with several small holes poked out. She subconsciously wanted to put it in her mouth and suck it.
Chou Chou grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't! You put everything in your mouth, you don't want to die! What if it's poisonous?"
Qingyan quickly shut her mouth and looked at her fingers with some fear.
Chou Chou glanced at her helplessly and sighed. A child is a child. After all, he is only fifteen years old. No matter how he pretends to be mature, he still doesn't care about the future.
It used its spiritual consciousness to bring the medical kit in the space, squeezed the wound on its finger first, and when it saw that the color of the blood did not change, it disinfected her with hydrogen peroxide and applied ointment.
The wound is small and will probably heal in a while without bandaging.
"You were holding the net in your hand, were you injured?"
Qingyan raised her hands and asked Chou Chou worriedly.
Chou Chou shook his head, "My skin is so thick that even a sword can't cut it, but I'm not that easy to get hurt. You have thin skin and tender flesh, and a slightly sharper thing can hurt you. It's my fault this time. I forgot." Unlike me, you didn’t remind you in time that there were barbs on it.”
Qingyan shook her head, "How can I blame you? I was too reckless. I just started without looking at anything. This is also a lesson. I will be more careful in the future and won't be so reckless in doing things.
Are we going out now? I don’t know if there are any other traps or other traps outside. "
Chou Chou nodded, put the net away, and placed it somewhere where it would not be easily touched.
I will often bring Qingyan in from now on, as it will be bad if she gets hurt again.
And I think this network is quite good, and I might still be able to use it in the future.
As for that big spider, when it has time, it will definitely study it carefully to see if it can be used for its own purposes.
After all, Yin Jin's body is here, and by receiving the evil spirit in its soul, it also received some of his memories.
Maybe in the future, I can know his secret contract and have a way to transfer the contract to myself. Then the big spider will be my own.
These monster beasts may not exist anymore. The spiders and the black birds before were all existing when the aura was strong, and now they are hard to come by.
…
After placing the things, Chou Chou took Qing Yan out of the space again.
The two of them continued to slowly explore inside, and this time they were more careful. They not only looked around, but also looked above. At this time, spiritual consciousness was not as useful as the naked eye.
But the rest went smoothly, and I didn't encounter any monster puppets or anything else.
After walking through the remaining half of the cave, they arrived at a stone door. This time they didn't need to find any mechanism. As soon as they stood in front of the door, the stone door opened by itself.
As a result, the two of them dared not go in directly.
I don’t know if this is a trap. They are sure that they have not touched any mechanism. There can’t be an automatic sensor door more than 2,000 years ago, right?
They left the door and took a few steps back. Seeing that the stone door was not closed, they took two steps forward.
First, I used my spiritual consciousness to explore inside. Although it is not very safe, it is safer to use my spiritual consciousness than to enter in person.
Nothing unusual was found inside, no corner or corner was left untouched, and no strange things were found. The two of them entered carefully holding lanterns.
The scene inside was the same as what Chou Chou had seen with his spiritual consciousness before. Without opening these wooden boxes, it could tell what was inside.
So they didn't waste time on those boxes and walked directly to the place where the seven boxes were placed.
I saw seven diamond-shaped stones protruding there, which were indeed the shape of the Seven-Star Big Dipper.
Chou Chou pointed there and said: "Those stones were where the boxes were placed before. After I took the boxes away, the stones rose up. This should be where the mechanism was triggered."
Qingyan looked around the stones. The places where the stones rose from below were perfectly matched, as if they were carved. They didn't look like they were rising from below at all.
She carefully shook it with her hand, but it didn't move at all. This mechanism was too delicate.
Apart from the protruding rocks, they looked around and found nothing else different.
Qingyan thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, after we go out, you can move seven similar boxes up here and press them down at the same time to see if they can be restored to their original positions."
They definitely can't move here. What if they are sealed inside? You must know that Chou Chou's space is not like Xiang Xiang's space. You can go directly to other places, so they should get some insurance after going out.
Chou Chou nodded, it thought so too.
Deciding not to delay anymore, the two quickly left the cave and returned the same way they came before.
It was much faster to walk back, because we no longer had to fumble around and just jogged all the way back to the previous crack.
Seeing that the crack was still in place, they both breathed a sigh of relief.
At least they didn't get blocked later after they came in. Otherwise, they would have to find the agency again, which would waste too much time.
After the two came out of the crack, they trotted all the way up the passage until they reached the place where they fell.
In fact, the total distance is not long, it just took a little longer to move forward.
When he arrived at the place, Chou Chou directly put Qing Yan into the space, then shrunk his body, jumped up, and climbed up directly with flexible climbing.
After they came out, they let Qingyan out too. Qingyan breathed a big sigh of relief when she saw that they were back on the ground. Fortunately, they came out smoothly.
Then he left the vicinity of the crack and walked not far away. Chou Chou used his spiritual consciousness to move the boxes in the cave. He found seven boxes that were about the same size and weight as the seven boxes and placed them in the seven positions at the same time. .
The moment those boxes were placed, they began to sway under their feet again. Qingyan quickly moved away from the tree beside her to prevent it from falling and hitting her.
Immediately afterwards, a magical scene appeared!
The nearly two-meter crack that had opened before slowly closed! After that, they fit together perfectly!
The location of the crack was almost exactly the same as before! If it weren't for the trees that fell to the ground, I would have thought it was all their imagination.
This mechanism is really amazing!
Of course, it may also be due to the formation. The mechanism alone cannot do this.
(End of chapter)
