The heavy police shield fell, but it did not trigger any traps.
There were only bursts of echoes in the underground corridor, and there was no other movement.
Seeing this scene, everyone suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.
The next moment, Xiao Ran smiled and said:
"It seems that my inference is correct. The statue of St. John at the first corner in the corridor is indeed the master switch that controls the trap, or one of the master switches."
"It can be seen from its neoclassical art style that the bronze statue of St. John was created and placed in this corridor in the early 19th century."
"What it replaces should be another statue that originally controlled these traps. Perhaps it was replaced because the original statue was seriously damaged."
"The person who replaced this bronze statue, no need to ask, must be the person who presided over the reconstruction of this underground tunnel. He came from the 19th century and should be a close associate of Napoleon."
Hearing his explanation, everyone was amazed again.
Especially the many French historians and archaeologists, all of them were excited.
This dangerous underground tunnel has completely refreshed their understanding, leaving them shocked and dumbfounded.
It can be imagined from this that the Napoleon treasure hidden at the end of the corridor must be even more amazing.
Once Napoleon's treasure is revealed, it will surely cause a sensation in the entire Western world.
Thinking of this, these French historians and archaeologists can't wait any longer.
As soon as Xiao Ran finished speaking, they all made requests one after another, hoping to immediately participate in the next exploration operation.
Even Pierre couldn't wait to make such a request to Xiao Ran through the intercom.
However, Xiao Ran rejected these guys' requests.
"Gentlemen, this matter cannot be rushed. Please be more patient. This is for safety reasons."
"I'm not sure yet. All the traps in this underground tunnel have been closed."
"Especially the second section of the corridor, the third section of the corridor, and the situation in front of the stone door are uncertain."
"Next, I will do a series of experiments and explorations. Only when it is completely safe can everyone enter this underground tunnel."
Hearing this, Pierre and the others could only sigh in disappointment, but there was nothing they could do.
There is no way, it is Xiao Ran who leads this exploration operation, not any of them.
After rejecting these French guys, Xiao Ran picked up the heavy police shield again and smashed it against a dangerous figure on the second step.
In the end, nothing happened. The trap connected to the stone slab was not triggered.
Next, Xiao Ran experimented on every step of the first section of the corridor.
The result is the same, all the traps in this corridor have been closed.
After confirming this, Xiao Ran immediately speeded up.
Matthew and Charlie, who had exited the corridor before, also entered the corridor again.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Ran had arrived at the starting point of the second section of the corridor.
As before, he was still very cautious.
He first observed the walls and vaults on both sides of the corridor and found many round holes hiding deadly hidden weapons.
Then he gently wiped off the dust and moss on the first step of the second section of the corridor, and began to check the situation on the steps.
Not surprisingly, three mysterious Arabic numerals are also engraved on the three stone slabs on this step.
They are, respectively, 37, 19, and 02. They seem to have no connection with each other and are all independent numbers.
Combined with the situation in the first section of the corridor, everyone took it for granted the moment they saw these three numbers.
The safety numbers on this step also imply Napoleon's military exploits and point to a famous battle he once won.
Among these three Arabic numerals, only 02 may be the month, and 19 and 37 are obviously impossible.
Xiao Ran's observations seemed to prove everyone's guesses.
After squatting down and observing, he just said:
"Judging from the friction marks on the stone slab 02, this should be a safe number. It may correspond to the victory of Napoleon's army in attacking Eylau, Prussia in February 1807."
"Of course, this number may also point to Napoleon's victory over the anti-French coalition in February 1814. This is not important, as long as this number is safe."
"It is still unknown whether the traps under the other two Arabic numerals have been closed. I have to test it to confirm the answer. I hope the result is good."
After hearing his words, everyone's mood, which had just been relaxed, suddenly became tense again.
Everyone's eyes widened, staring closely at Xiao Ran's every move, excited and nervous at the same time.
Next, Xiao Ran asked Matthew and the others to take a few steps back to protect themselves.
Then I checked the on-site situation again before starting the test.
He picked up the heavy police shield and smashed it directly on the stone slab with the number 37 engraved on it.
Then he quickly took a few steps back, retreated to the first section of the corridor, and used a police shield to protect his whole body.
Just as he stood still, the mechanism trap that had become extremely unfamiliar finally started to activate, making an unpleasant and harsh sound of machine rotation.
Immediately afterwards, a javelin suddenly shot out from the vault of the second section of the corridor and hit the stone slab on the steps below.
It was so fierce and powerful that it even smashed the stone slab into cracks.
The moment the javelin hit the stone slab, it immediately broke into three or four pieces and scattered around.
Fortunately, Xiao Ran had retreated to the first section of the corridor and only used the high-definition camera installed in front of the police shield to take pictures, and did not suffer any harm.
More importantly, there was no one on that deadly stone slab, otherwise he would have been pierced from head to toe by the javelin, and his death would have been extremely miserable.
Seeing this scene, everyone was so frightened that they screamed and were extremely frightened.
While screaming in terror, everyone understood.
The deadly traps in the second section of the corridor have not been lifted. They are still very dangerous and may be triggered at any time.
The statue of St. John placed at the corner of the corridor seems to be just a trap for those fatal traps in the first section of the corridor.
After confirming this, several French historians and archaeologists who had just clamored to enter this underground tunnel immediately and participate in the follow-up exploration suddenly felt a chill on their backs and all shuddered. Shivering.
They understood that if people like them had really entered this underground tunnel just now, they would probably have suffered casualties, and their deaths would have been miserable.
The next moment, Xiao Ran's voice came out again.
"I believe everyone has seen that the traps in the second section of the corridor have not been closed and are still very deadly."
"According to my guess, the main switch to turn off all the traps in the second section of the corridor should be at the next corner of the corridor."
"We have to find a way first to safely pass through the second section of the corridor and reach the next corner before we have a chance to find the main switch."
"In view of this, I think the password for safely passing the next section of the corridor may be different from the safe password for passing the first section of the corridor."
"If we still take it for granted and follow the previous method to crack the code, we may fall into the trap and die miserably in the second section of the tunnel."
"hiss!"
Everyone gasped in horror.
"I'll go! If this is really the case, it would be too scary. Who can pass through this underground tunnel alive? Even if God comes, there will be no chance."
"According to what Xiao Ran said, wouldn't we have to play a number guessing game again? This would be too brain-burning!"
Just when everyone was exclaiming, Xiao Ran had entered the second section of the corridor.
Then he stood on the stone slab with 02 engraved on the first step and began to clean the dust and moss on the second step.
Sure enough, there were also three unrelated Arabic numerals on the second step.
These three numbers are, 41, 25, and 53 respectively.
Everyone was completely dumbfounded when they saw these three mysterious Arabic numerals.
None of these three Arabic numerals can match the month. The smallest number is 25, but how can there be 25 months in a year?
