In less than half a minute, Ling Hao had already killed seven or eight dragon king salamanders with his sword. However, he could not relax at all and continued to protect the "Pippi Shrimp" towards the gate of the palace. Retreat.
The battle here has completely attracted the attention of the creatures on the other side of the "fish wall", and almost all the Dragon King Salamanders swooped down. Seeing the dragon king salamanders rushing towards the palace, the group of snakeheads immediately went crazy. The huge "fish wall" collapsed instantly like a sandcastle. All the snakeheads swung their tails desperately and chased down, their slender spindle-shaped bodies Just like an arrow that escaped from the string, the people below looked as if they were in a hail of bullets and the end of the world. The scene was magnificent and spectacular, and even more soul-threatening.
At this moment, Ling Hao and the others were approaching the gate of the palace. Ling Hao shouted into the headset in his mask: "Don't hesitate, just run in!"
Shi Si shouted hoarsely: "No, we haven't figured out what the door is made of yet. If the propeller at the tail of the 'Pipi Shrimp' is damaged, we will all be suffocated here! And there is no door." Block it, let's rush in, they will follow, and we still have to be chased like dogs!" As she said that, she flicked the joystick again, and the "Pippi Shrimp" flicked its tail, turned around again, and headed towards An arrow was fired at the palace gate, and there was a loud explosion. Unexpectedly, the wooden gate only shook twice, and some accumulated sand fell, but there was not much damage.
"Jesus! Don't blow up. That door is made of 'gloomy wood' and is priceless!" Stevenson howled, and Shi Si was dumbfounded.
"I'll do it, you cover me!" Ling Hao appeared next to the door and started to push the door hard. Shi Si had no choice but to turn around again and shoot wildly at the Dragon King Salamanders rushing behind him, including two titanium alloys. Thornball's mechanical arm also turned on the hydraulic system, ready to attack at any time.
Ling Hao pushed the door hard and immediately figured out in his mind that not only was there a latch in the middle of the back of the door, but there should also be a stone ball underneath. The door latch is easy to handle. The "dragon arc" is inserted along the door crack and lifted upward to open it. However, the door stone ball is a little more troublesome to handle. The principle is not complicated. It is placed on an inclined Place a heavy stone ball on the slide. As soon as the door is closed, the stone ball will roll along the slide into a semicircular pit under the door. It will fit perfectly and just hold the door up. No matter how much strength is exerted from the outside, it will not work. Push the door open. Many people think that this design can only be found in ancient tombs. In fact, it is used in many city gates and even palace gates. As an anti-locking device, it is very useful in dealing with enemy attacks.
But this is not a problem for Ling Hao. Although he is not an archaeological expert, he liked to read tomb robbery novels when he was in school. Although many of the contents in them are fabricated, there are still some useful and real things. How to deal with this stone ball. There is.
The dragon arc in my hand happened to have a special shape, good curvature and hardness. As long as the stone ball was not too heavy, it was still possible to pry it out of the pit.
Just do it. Ling Hao didn't care about the thick fish oil and minced meat all over the floor. He just used his feet to pull it out. Then he lay on the ground and stretched the "Dragon Arc" from under the door and moved it sideways. He found After removing the stone ball, tilt the blade of the knife, insert the tip of the knife downward into the gap between the stone ball and the pit, and start to pry it bit by bit. When it feels loose, you can use force to pry it out of the pit.
Shi Si's eyes were red, roaring and firing wildly. At this moment, she had adjusted the firing rate of the two fish cannons to the fastest. At this speed, the fish arrows in her arrowhead could not last for more than a few minutes. Xueting anxiously looked through the porthole at Ling Hao, who was lying on the ground with his butt stuck out in an extremely inelegant posture, and shouted through the communicator: "Boss, are you okay? We can't hold on any longer!"
"Okay, give me another 5 seconds!" Ling Hao shouted and began to exert force on his hands. The "Dragon Arc" was pressed by the weight of the stone ball until it was almost a crescent moon. He did not dare to exert too much force. I was afraid that I would use too much force and break the only treasured sword left by my ancestors.
There was a "bang", and the sound of rolling stone balls sounded inside the door. It was obviously being pried up. Ling Hao pushed it with his shoulder, and the palace door was pushed open a foot-wide crack. He stood upright slowly while holding the door. Although the stone ball had been pried out of the pit, it was still holding the door panel on the inclined slide rail, but now the door could be pushed. Ling Hao used all his strength to push the door forward step by step, and finally slowly pushed it open.
"Come in quickly!" Ling Hao shouted. Out of trust in him, Shi Si didn't even look, and just pulled back the joystick. The "Pippi Shrimp" retreated into the palace hall while firing. Ling Hao ducked in almost at the same time. There was another "bang", and the stone ball once again closed the palace door with its weight, and it also returned to the pit where it had been for thousands of years, and locked the door again. Ling Hao was still uneasy, and locked the door bolt on the ground. He picked it up and re-inserted it. Although there were many Dragon King Salamanders banging against each other outside, he believed that they would not be able to break through this solid "gloomy wood" door for a while. Ling Hao breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, except for Shi Si, everyone came out of the "Pippi Shrimp". Instead of shouting with excitement because they had just escaped from death, everyone was attracted by the scene in the hall.
This palace is still grand, but it is still far behind the palaces in the Central Plains. However, for a small country like Qiemo, it can be said that it has devoted all its efforts to build it. The length and width of the main hall are 178 meters, and the height is about eight meters. There are six stone pillars supporting the two stone beams on the top of the hall. There is a throne deep in the hall. I don’t know what kind of metal it is made of. It has been severely rusted. The ground is full of rotten armor, weapons and shields. It is obvious that a fierce battle took place here. In addition, the hall There is nothing else.
Everyone swam along the wide corridor to the back hall, and even the "Pippi Shrimp" could easily pass through it. The back hall is smaller than the front hall, and there are many decayed furniture remains. A huge, exotic glazed screen fell to the ground and broke into countless pieces, which makes people feel regretful. Behind the screen, a screen has been opened. At the secret door, a figure was standing there holding a huge scimitar, startling everyone. After taking a closer look, I discovered that it was a pair of metal full-body armor, much like the heavy armor of the European Middle Ages. The whole body was covered, and even the face and fingers could not be seen. It was not even possible to determine whether it was just a piece of armor or whether it contained a dead person. .
Tian Yong was curious and stabbed the armor with the spear gun in his hand. Under Stevenson and Natasha's shouts, the armor still collapsed suddenly, and many bones scattered from it. It shattered into powder and smoke.
Tian Yong shrugged indifferently and said: "What are you shouting for? Even if you touch it, it will fall apart. Is it possible that we can move it back in one piece?"
The two archaeologists were about to say something, but Ling Hao waved his hand and said: "This warrior is guarding in front of this secret door, and his body has not even fallen down. This shows that he is probably the number one warrior in Qiemo." , then could it be that what he is guarding behind is..."
At this point, everyone understood what he meant, and Zuo Pengfei was the first to rush over and enter the secret door. Others followed closely, but the situation inside the secret door made them disappointed. This was indeed a warehouse. There were many rotten wooden boxes on the ground, but there were no other items.
"It seems that it was looted during the war. Maybe the so-called 'Lolan Gold' no longer exists. Let's go to other parts of the palace to have a look. It would be good to find some cultural relics with historical research value. " Stevenson didn't seem to be too shocked. Ling Hao frowned slightly. Didn't the British come here for the gold?
"No, this palace is not that big. We have seen both the main hall and the back hall. The palace at the back is very small, and the rest is the garden. It is not a place where a lot of items can be hidden at all. Those spotted snakeheads and Dragon King What are the salamanders fighting for?" Zhu Xin asked doubtfully.
Ling Hao smiled: "They are animals, they don't like gold, right? These are two completely unrelated things."
Zhuxin continued: "Then I also think there is something strange. In ancient times, Qiemo was just an oasis in the desert. The flat terrain was impossible to be attacked by the enemy army, right? If there were a lot of treasures and gold, there should be time to destroy them. Hidden in a place that is harder to find, just piled up in a warehouse. There will be no more than 300 corpses in the entire palace. The defense is really empty. Can you imagine that for such a large batch of treasures, the only effective security Is the solution just that secret door and a so-called first warrior? Isn’t this too childish?”
Ling Hao also fell silent. What Zhu Xin said made sense to him. Zhu Xin had already begun to look back and forth in the warehouse, and from time to time he would knock on the wall or floor tiles with the handle of the spear gun. In less than ten minutes, she really discovered something strange. In the corner, a wall tile was knocked off by Zhu Xin, and a handle was exposed inside. She immediately reached out and pulled it excitedly. The handle was connected to an iron chain. , was suddenly pulled, and there was a "rumbling" sound of gears turning under the floor. The two floor tiles were slowly moved away. Halfway through, the iron chain was seriously broken due to rust, and only a small hole that could accommodate one person was exposed on the ground. When I entered the cave, it was pitch black underneath, and I didn’t know where it was.
Ling Hao took out a fluorescent stick from his carrying bag, broke it, and threw it in. Judging from the brightness, it was only four to five meters deep at most.
"Go down and have a look." Ling Hao jumped in first, followed by Zhu Xin, Zuo Pengfei, Tian Yong and Xueting.
The space below should be about the same size as the warehouse above. There are stone slabs nearly one meter thick between each other, so the warehouse above cannot hear anything abnormal below by knocking on the floor.
Several more cold fireworks were lit, and everyone was stunned. If the scene in front of them could be described in one word, it could only be "Golden Mountain".
This hidden underground warehouse contains mountains of gold, including stacks of gold bricks, mountains of gold leaves and gold utensils, and gold beans packed in wooden boxes all over the floor. The box is rotten, and these golden beans are scattered everywhere. The amount of gold here is more than ten times what Ling Hao and the others saw in the mermaid treasure house of Mu continent. No matter what era, this is definitely an unimaginable sum. Everyone was immersed in shock at the huge wealth.
Suddenly, Ling Hao said "Hey": "Where are Stevenson and Natasha? Where have they gone?"
