"Get down quickly!" The grim-faced Taoist priest was driven by instinct at this time. He didn't care about the turbid water and bones in the tomb passage. A scorpion swung its tail and threw itself into the water. In an instant, he only felt something flying past his scalp. , and then heard He Siniang yelling from behind, the Taoist priest with a grimace and Luo Laoqi were both startled, and hurriedly asked in unison: "What's wrong with Siniang?!"
Before the two of them waited for He Siniang's reply, they heard another burst of machine sounds coming from the depths of the tomb passage. They were densely connected, as if hundreds of powerful crossbows were being cocked. The Taoist priest with a grimace said in surprise: "Grandma's." It’s a serial crossbow machine, Lao Qi, hurry up and run away!”
The Taoist priest with a grimace had already climbed up from the ground as he spoke, and ran to He Siniang side by side with Luo Laoqi. He saw He Siniang covering her arms and falling into the water. She was still conscious, but was frowning in pain. He was speechless. It seemed that he was injured by the arrow just now.
The Taoist priest with a grimace and Luo Laoqi had no time to ask about her injuries. They reached out and grabbed He Siniang's belt, picked her up and ran away. But as soon as they took a step out, they heard a loud bang and a heavy object suddenly fell from top to bottom in front of them. When it fell, splashes of water sprayed all over Luo Laoqi's face in front of him, and the bones in the water were immediately crushed to pieces. Fortunately, Luo Laoqi stopped quickly, otherwise He Siniang's head was lying in the air. Just like the bones in the water, they were instantly shattered by the stone gate.
The fallen stone door blocked the three people's escape path. At this time, the grimace Taoist also realized that the serial crossbow in the tomb passage was a set of mechanisms. After Luo Laoqi accidentally triggered the mechanism, the crossbow machine would start loading arrows. The first shot of the crossbow just now seemed to go straight through the tomb passage with the intention of hurting people. In fact, its real function was to trigger the stone door mechanism with the machine lock inside. When the stone door fell, the real highlight began.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace felt a sense of despair when he looked at the countless skeletons in the water. He had always been cautious, so why did he not expect this layer when he first entered the tomb passage and saw the bones on the ground? In fact, he couldn't blame him. Half of the entrance to the underground palace collapsed, and the tomb passage collapsed. The tomb was filled with water again. No one could have imagined that the hidden mechanism was intact, but he couldn't help but regret it at this moment. The sound of the mechanism in the tomb passage was getting louder and louder. If he didn't think of a way, the three of them would be killed in the next second. Shoot into a sieve.
The Taoist Priest with a grimace pushed the stone door, and found something cool and heavy. It would take more than three people to lift it up. The only way now is to rush to the end of the tomb passage and find the mechanism well. The mechanism well is the center of the entire mechanism. As long as the mechanism shaft is destroyed, the chain crossbow It will naturally fall apart. The Taoist Priest with a grimace decided to race against time for a chance to survive. Although the success rate was slim, it was better than just waiting for death. When he stepped forward and prepared to use Feiyun Tashixue to rush over, He Siniang suddenly said: " Wait a minute, sir, this crossbow machine... seems to be empty."
"Ah?" The grim-faced Taoist priest was stunned and forgot to exert force on his feet. At this moment, there was a loud noise deep in the tomb passage. It was obviously the sound of the trigger being pulled at the same time. The grim-faced Taoist priest hurriedly shouted and pulled Luo Laoqi up. He and Siniang retreated to the corner of the stone gate. At this time, there was no point in making any other resistance. They could only leave it to fate whether they would live or die.
Luo Laoqi recalled that when Dong Ruhai rebelled in the village, he was ambushed by crossbowmen on the way back to the mountain. Unexpectedly, he survived the catastrophe and suffered another disaster. He couldn't help cursing: "Grandma's Sajia stabbed a hedgehog's nest in my last life. Here we are." You will inevitably end up being shot to death by random arrows." After saying that, he simply closed his eyes and waited for death, but after a while, there was no sound of flying crossbow arrows at all, and the sound of machine gunfire deep in the tomb gradually became silent. , Luo Laoqi carefully probed his head and asked curiously: "What's going on? Is the mechanism broken?"
"Didn't I tell you that the crossbow machine is empty!" He Siniang struggled out from under the two of them and explained: "Anyway, I also worked in Meng Qingyao's shop, and I know a lot about the crossbow machine. The sound of the machine's rotation was obviously that of an empty string. Either the crossbow arrows in the machine were all shot out the last time, or they had all decayed over time."
"Then if you didn't tell me earlier, you would have made me huddle in the corner like a bastard."
"I said it, but you didn't listen at all. Besides, my arm was injured by a crossbow arrow. How can I explain it in detail when the pain is unbearable? But Taoist priest, you and Lao Qi just made me look at you with admiration. You actually returned it to me when I was in danger." With his body under him, he really is a man."
"How come we used to be pussies in your eyes?" Seeing that it was a false alarm, Luo Laoqi immediately returned to his arrogant nature and said, "Sister, are you impressed now? Then you have to take it easy in the future, Sajia is afraid My two brothers are too charming, you may fall in love with either one accidentally."
"Then Siniang is not impressed, she is scratching her head." The Taoist priest with a grimace said angrily to Luo Laoqi, then turned around and asked: "Sister, how is your arm injured?"
"It was rubbed close to the skin, no muscles or bones were hurt."
The Taoist Priest with a grimace nodded, held up a torch, applied golden sore medicine to He Siniang's wound, and bandaged it briefly. At this moment, He Siniang said: "I was still a little rash just now. If the crossbow hadn't been empty, the three of us would have died." The funeral was on the spot.”
"What Siniang said is true. Pindao really didn't expect that such a vicious mechanism was hidden in the tomb passage that was destroyed like this. It seems that the road ahead still cannot be taken lightly. However, the design of this mechanism is very powerful. Look at the skeletons in the tomb passage. It should be the Di people who were killed in the last wave. After digging the underground palace door, they triggered the mechanism in the tomb passage, and then they were all shot to death in the tomb passage. But why was the stone door open when we arrived here? Is it possible? Will the stone door return to its original position automatically?"
"The reason why they were not preserved was because they were pried open." Luo Laoqi interjected from the side: "So many birdmen were shot to death in the tomb passage, can the folks outside not be worried?"
He Siniang shook her head and retorted: "No, if it was really pried open by Di people, even if the clansmen in the tomb passage are dead, it is impossible to leave the bones on the ground unattended. Maybe, as the Taoist priest said, this mechanism It can automatically return to its original position.”
Among the Mohist crafts, the mastery of mechanisms is undoubtedly the highest. This branch is best at combining multiple sets of simple mechanisms and interlocking them to form a complete set of efficient mechanisms, thereby mobilizing the whole body and surrounding areas. The effect of the endless cycle is like the set of mechanisms in the tomb passage in front of you, which is very Mohist style. He Siniang guessed that this set of mechanisms is composed of four parts. The pressing mechanism in the tomb wall includes a single-shot powerful crossbow, and the powerful After the crossbow is fired, the machine will shut down the well, and then the many crossbow machines behind the wall will start to load arrows and prepare for firing. At the same time, the machine shaft will activate the stone door mechanism through the machine lock. After the stone door falls, thousands of arrows will be fired, shooting at the people in the tomb passage. A very cool feeling.
If the stone door wants to automatically return to its position, it is not difficult to design it. All you need to do is replace the machine lock at the top of the tomb passage with a hard lock. Considering the weight of the stone door, it is best to use a long stainless steel rod for traction and trigger it at both ends. The mechanism sets the distance, and after one or more rounds of crossbow arrows are fired, the reset mechanism is triggered, and the mechanism shaft will pull the stone door back up. However, the power of the entire mechanism is very important. Not only can it shoot hundreds of Thousands of crossbow arrows have to pull up a stone door weighing hundreds of kilograms, which is beyond the reach of wind power. Combined with the terrain of this place, He Siniang deduced that there is probably a rapid underground river underground, and the mechanism shaft is only Only by using water flow as a boost can it be possible to generate such a large power and have the effect of endless circulation.
