I looked up at Wang Wangyang excitedly.
"I understand what you mean. You are saying that these 12 plants represent the numbers 1 to 12 respectively. Is that what you mean? If you arrange them downwards in this order, you can change the corresponding patterns below them. Bring it together.”
Wang Wangyang nodded and slid the screen to reveal the next picture. At this time, the hieroglyphics on it further confirmed our guess.
"That's right, young master. If you look at the text on the second picture, can you still find 12 strings of numbers?"
I nodded, and there was a prime minister-like pictographic symbol on it, similar to the prime minister.
"If I remember correctly, this should be the first symbol of the 12 constellations in ancient times, Xuan Zhen, right?"
Wang Wangyang looked at me in surprise and nodded at me with admiration.
"As expected of the young prince, he is well-informed. These are indeed the 12 zodiac signs. It's a pity that modern people know more about the 12 zodiac signs than the special zodiac signs. I didn't expect you to recognize this."
I nodded and quickly found the corresponding symbols of the 12 constellations. Sure enough, there were different patterns drawn below them.
The 12 zodiac signs are arranged from January to the back according to the lunar calendar, namely Xuanzhu, Juanzi, Jianglou, Daliang, Shishen, Quail Head, Quail Fire, Quail Tail, Longevity Star, Huo Huo, Ximu, and Xingji.
There are 12 in total, which can also be considered as an arrangement of numbers from 1 to 12. If this matches up, then the picture of the calendar just now also has such a combination. Does this have any special significance?
Obviously, although Wang Wangyang and I have thoroughly understood the graphic and text signs on it, we have not figured out how these are related to the patterns on the door.
The two of us looked at the door carefully, carefully distinguishing the pictures and texts on it. I stared carefully at the pattern on the edge of the stone hole corresponding to the bronze brick that Qinnu had just removed. Suddenly, I vaguely saw Two fairly familiar signs.
I immediately compared it with the two pictures just now, and found that the pattern was actually a combination. To be precise, if they were separated for observation, they could be divided into the corresponding pattern under the Liuyue logo, and the pattern under Xuan Xun. A combination version of the corresponding pattern.
By overlapping and intertwining the two of them, a new texture like this will be formed.
I suddenly realized it, and immediately grabbed Wang Wangyang's arm and told him my speculation.
"Wang Wangyang, look at this icon. Does it look like the overlapping combination of patterns under the two symbols Liu Yue and Xuan Zhen? If we follow this calculation, we can temporarily regard these two pictures as two code books. , and the code they cracked is a Go board. The horizontal direction of the board is December and the vertical direction is the 12 constellations. So Liu Yue and Xuan Zhen are the first ones to be taken down. As for Xing Yue and Xuan Zhen, they are the second ones. Taken out, Taoyue and Xuanzhen are the third ones, and so on. The intersections of these months and constellations are used as samples for our patterns."
Wang Wangyang understood instantly and slapped his thigh in surprise.
"I understand, Grandpa Xiaoman, I understand what you mean. If the horizontal direction is the constellation and the vertical direction is the lunar calendar, then it means that Xuanzhu Liuyue is the first, Qiaozi Liuyue is the second, and Jianglou Liuyue is the first. The third month back..."
I nodded immediately. If statistics are calculated in this way, then we need to test whether the second pattern that needs to be removed is Gaozi Liuyue or Xingyue Xuanzhen. Then we can confirm and remove it later. Bronze squares are in order.
While the two of us were discussing, Qin Nu and Li Zhuang were listening with great interest. The old man also had a serious face and stared at the two of us in surprise. Only Cui Hao and Wang Nuan looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, obviously not understanding what we were talking about.
I just wanted to ask the piano girl to help remove a brick and test the correct sampling sequence, but before I could say anything, the piano wire in the piano girl's hand flew out and pulled Xingyue Xuanzhu down.
As if I were facing a formidable enemy, I dragged a few of them back half a step, keeping them as far away from the bronze door as possible to avoid being affected by the venom and poisonous powder sprayed from inside.
Fortunately, we were lucky. After Xingyue Xuanzhen's bronze brick was pulled down, there was nothing in the exposed cavity. The surrounding area was calm and no mechanism was activated.
I immediately breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that our order was correct this time. As long as we calculated based on this speculation, the next piece should be Taoyue Xuanzhen.
In the midst of our pleading eyes, the piano girl shot out the strings again and pulled out the bronze brick again. As expected, no mechanism was activated. It seemed that our strategy was right.
I immediately thanked the piano girl, took the dagger and walked to the bronze door. While Wang Wangyang and I were calculating and distinguishing the patterns on the wall, we also started to lift the bronze bricks on the wall in order.
Finally, we took them all out piece by piece in order. Nothing unusual happened in the process. Even the old man next to us couldn't help but slap his thigh in excitement.
"If I had known this, I would have cooperated with you earlier, and I would have saved myself from losing a layer of skin on my arms. Thank you both."
I nodded noncommittally. At this time, we also removed the last bronze block. The most important thing now is to restore it to its original position.
For the sake of caution, the two of us decided to restore Liuyue Xuanzhu in the original order first, and then Xingyue Xuanzhu to avoid any further mishaps.
We once again asked the piano girl to install these bronze blocks back. She seemed to be interested now, so she nodded and put the two bronze blocks in in the order we instructed.
Of course, our bet was right this time. The bronze door did not activate any mechanism and stood completely in place. We were all relieved in an instant.
I immediately stepped forward again and quickly stuffed all the 144 12x12 bronze blocks back in order.
The moment I pushed the last piece into the gap, the bronze door made a loud noise, and immediately slid out to the left in the next second, and a huge doorway instantly appeared in front of us.
But our excitement was momentarily overshadowed by an extremely strong rotting smell. Since I was standing at the front, I almost vomited from the strong smell of blood.
"What does it smell like? Why does it smell so bad?"
Cui Hao rushed to my side happily. He originally wanted to follow me and start the attack, lest something inside kill us head-on. I was caught off guard by this thing.
I just didn't expect that as soon as the door opened, all that was sprayed out was the strong smell of blood, which instantly made us all take a step back.
Cui Hao took a breath and quickly turned on a strong flashlight and pointed it at the empty doorway. After seeing clearly the situation inside, several of us exclaimed involuntarily and couldn't help but take two steps back.
"How is this going?"
I quickly pushed them behind me and carefully observed the situation inside the cave. At this time, on the hollow ground in front of us, there were about ten or twenty corpses lying in a staggered manner. All of these corpses were covered with tragic injuries, and they had already died on the ground.
"That's weird."
Lao Wang muttered behind me.
"You have to know that we were only a few hours behind them. According to the video sent by my men in front of the Bronze Gate at that time, there was no large-scale damage or loss among these personnel. How could so many people die at once? ? And forget about the dead, why do they stink so much, as if they have been lying here rotting for seven or eight days."
I felt cold all over and noticed something strange here. Their deaths were too miserable, and what was even more puzzling was why their bodies decomposed so quickly.
It seems that there must be another mechanism in this cave, and we must not act rashly.
Lao Wang naturally realized this, took out his cell phone with a stern expression, and quickly sent a series of messages. We all laid our eyes on the palm of his hand. I knew that Lao Wang was contacting his informants and wanted to find out what was going on here.
After waiting for a few minutes, Lao Wang's face became increasingly ugly, and he finally stuffed the phone back into his bag in frustration.
"No, I can't contact them now. These guys don't reply to my messages, and even the string of messages I sent them just now were ignored by them. It seems that they must be in danger. "
I nodded and said no more.
In fact, I am very curious about how Lao Wang and the others are able to communicate down there. You must know that the signal down there is extremely weak. It is completely impossible for my mobile phone to send text messages and pictures to him. How are they connected?
Facing my question, Lao Wang took out a small square-shaped thing from his body with a smile, and then stuffed it into my hand.
"This is a miniature signal instrument we purchased before. It can establish its own small base station and of course maintain signal communication with each other. Don't you also have protective clothing on you? The communication information between them is also based on the same method. To pass it on.”
Lao Wang said, looking even more worried.
"Logically speaking, the messages between me and them are constant. If they were not in danger, it would be absolutely impossible not to reply to my messages. This proves that the passage ahead is quite dangerous. Should we continue moving forward? "
Even Lao Wang hesitated, wondering whether he should continue to enter the passage and face the dozens of strange corpses.
While we were struggling in place, suddenly I heard a fierce scream from the front. The scream stopped abruptly the next second and disappeared in an instant.
