"If the boulder was used as a backstop to prevent the wind duct from being opened, then these intricate structures inside the boulder served that purpose.
Judging from the current overall situation, the boulder base is not made of rock shell, which further verifies your guess.
However, as far as I can see, this giant stone mechanism is actually already in operation. It has just been activated, so it has not been exposed to the outside world. "
Bai Ning denied Jiang Yingxue's hypothetical direction and stated that the boulder was already in activation state, which made the atmosphere in the venue become solemn again.
Faced with the threat of a piece that could explode at any time, not many people could ignore the danger like Bai Ning.
After listening, Jiang Yingxue placed her palm on the rock and listened for a while. There was no abnormal sound. She didn't know if it was because the sound insulation effect of the leather gloves was too strong.
"Too bad I don't have a stethoscope."
Jiang Yingxue expressed a slight regret about this and sighed casually.
"It doesn't really matter whether the boulder has really started or not.
It is important to understand the fundamental reason for the existence of this boulder and the related mechanisms that correspond to it later.
The boulder blocks the wind duct. This is the basic function of the boulder. The precise structure inside the boulder should be some more powerful backup.
Normally, we paid little attention to this boulder and tried to continue digging the tomb from other directions.
As long as we act fast enough, we may not be able to wait for the virus to spread at the right temperature.
In this way, the role of this boulder is completely lost.
Even because of its function of blocking the air duct, we can work in a better environment and further speed up the work progress. "
Bai Ning analyzed the situation from a realistic perspective. From this perspective, the boulder seemed meaningless and even superfluous.
“What you’re saying is that if you want to have the necessary effect, it has to be linked to some previous actions.
The previous outbreak of the virus in the Iron Arrow lacked most of the temperature conditions. If the mechanism in this boulder could speed up the temperature rise in the tomb, it would be a sure blow.
Even when the temperature is right, additional viruses can be sprayed out from inside this boulder, greatly increasing the probability of death for people here. "
Jiang Yingxue gave her own opinion based on Bai Ning's prompts.
"Probably.
The most critical one is the determination of the virus area.
You know, some people don't care about this boulder, and some people want to destroy this boulder to expose the wind duct below.
Whether it is just in case, or to spray additional viruses after heating, it is necessary to add a virus chamber inside.
Therefore, what stands in front of us is actually a double dangerous choice:
If the boulder is not destroyed, the temperature here will rise rapidly. If it is destroyed, the virus in it will be accidentally released. "
The core point pointed out by Bai Ning can be described as a dilemma, and it is very consistent with the consistent style of the designer of this mausoleum.
It is precisely because of this entangled attribute that Bai Ning is even more convinced that this is the possibility.
"It seems that although this boulder has been stripped of its coat, it is still a difficult hedgehog."
Looking at the huge threat that was slowly starting in front of him, Jiang Yingxue also felt a little troubled.
I can't blow it up, but I don't know where to start with the demolition. It seems I can only let it develop and become a hidden danger here.
"Buy a few jacks and slowly lift the boulder, and maybe the cold air will continue to blow in.
Even if the boulder is heated by then, it may not be able to resist the cold current blowing in. "
Liu Cheng, who was watching the show from the sidelines, also actively participated, and the suggestions he made seemed to be quite effective at first glance.
"If there is a balancer pre-installed in the rocks, prying it at will will only cause unpredictable consequences."
It is impossible for such a complex organ complex to not have some simple anti-disassembly functions. Jiang Yingxue directly rejected Liu Cheng's proposal without even thinking about it.
"Then build a moving pulley lifting device here and hoist it slowly and steadily, wouldn't it be the same?"
If the jack doesn't work, then the only way left is horizontal hoisting. Liu Cheng has reached the edge of being at a loss for words.
"These stone parts form a whole when placed on the ground. Do you think they can still form a whole when they are hoisted as a whole?"
Jiang Yingxue retorted again, denying this content that had long been secretly denied.
"What to do?
Do you want to dismantle it part by part? "
Liu Cheng was already a little speechless and a little confused as to what these bosses were planning.
After discussing it for a long time and not trying it, can this huge boulder disappear automatically by just waiting?
"right.
It can only be disassembled part by part.
If you make a wrong step along the way, some of the preset mechanisms may be detonated. "
He didn't expect Bai Ning to respond to his casual remarks, but Liu Cheng seemed even more confused. How could he dismantle this big lump without a blueprint?
If you are not careful, you will trigger the corresponding mechanism. How about playing minesweeper here?
Since he didn't know how to continue answering the call, Liu Cheng could only choose to pretend to be deaf and dumb and continue to be a dispensable bystander.
"Professor Huang, you should have seen something about the internal structure of this huge stone, right?"
Bai Ning changed the subject and looked at Professor Huang, who had circled the boulder countless times, as if he wanted to get some hints on decryption from him.
According to the previous overall guess, this mausoleum is an ancient tomb with a heritage nature, so if the tester accidentally touches this mechanism, the designer of the mausoleum must leave a glimmer of hope for him.
This glimmer of hope lies in the essential difference between inheritors and tomb robbers, that is, some key information related to the inheritance of the core culture of the Xiwangmu clan.
This core cultural inheritance may be the secret history of the clan, or it may be some kind of taboo knowledge passed down by a single line.
Of course, the core tomb chamber has not been seen yet, not even the ice storage area. Such a small mechanism in the shallow tomb chamber may not require such core secrets to decipher.
It depends on whether Professor Huang, an archaeological expert, can find these possible clues from the chaotic historical legacy.
Professor Huang, who had been leaning in front of the boulder for a long time to study it carefully, did not immediately respond to Bai Ning, as if he was at a critical stage of research at this time.
Bai Ning is not in a hurry about this, he still has basic patience.
For a long time, it was like being separated from a hearty enjoyment, with a slightly unfulfilled look of satisfaction.
"Among the relevant historical documents that can be tested, there are countless records about the Queen Mother of the West clan, but only books such as "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" and "The Biography of Emperor Mu" have records that are more consistent with common sense.
As for other related ancient books, such as "Natural History" and "Internal Biography of Emperor Wu of Han", they have basically deified the Queen Mother of the West.
But the reason why myths and legends are myths and legends must have their dominant reasons, that is, the original driving force that people desire as the driving force for their spread.
Whether it was the Queen Mother of the West sending flat peaches to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, or the descendants seeking the elixir of immortality from the Queen Mother of the West, these all show that immortality is the rumor most closely tied to the Queen Mother of the West.
Everyone longs for immortality. Throughout history, there have been countless emperors who wanted to practice Taoism and refine elixirs to achieve immortality, but none of them could succeed.
The road to immortality seems to be locked here, so there is the concept of immortality lock.
Those who can explore immortality need great wisdom.
Originally, I thought that the Immortality Lock was just a derivative concept, but judging from the current boulder lock, the Immortality Lock should be a factual concept. "
Professor Huang's citations focus all the trivial details on the aspect of longevity. The explanation of the longevity lock also seems to imply that this huge stone is the so-called longevity lock.
An immortality lock based on material form contains an ancient virus, which seems very inconsistent.
If we want to interpret it from a philosophical sense, locking the plague that represents death with something, so that there is no disease or disaster, this seems to be another form of immortality.
As for the immortality methods passed down by later generations, such as flat peaches and elixirs, they are just products of the imagination of later generations and are a positive expansion of the term immortality.
“There is a traditional folk accessory called the Longevity Lock, which means to eliminate diseases and disasters and ensure that newborns can live a long life.
If the lock of longevity represents the prevention of disasters, then this boulder containing ancient viruses may be the origin of this traditional folk custom. "
Jiang Yingxue related the similarities between the longevity lock and the longevity lock. The two do have the feasibility of analogy in terms of meaning.
"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Book of Western Mountains records that the Queen Mother of the West looks like a human, has a leopard tail and tiger teeth, is good at roaring, and has shaggy hair and a hoopoe. She is the most powerful person in the world and has five disabilities.
In this most primitive record, it only mentions the Queen Mother of the West's aura of severe disasters and five punishments, but does not mention the option of immortality.
This is inconsistent with the later mythology of the Queen Mother of the West being in charge of both immortality and death.
Therefore, there is reason to believe that immortality is nothing more than an extension of "locking (blocking/terminating) disasters".
Therefore, let’s call this huge stone mechanism the Immortality Lock.
As far as the overall pattern is concerned, this is a complex mechanism that combines Luban Suo and Qinglong astrology.
The so-called Luban lock is to finally combine some wooden strips into a cube through prescribed steps.
In my opinion, the steps to put this stone cube together may be hidden in the Qinglong Qisu constellation. "
Professor Huang expressed his final opinion on the puzzle-solving process of this giant stone mechanism, which can be regarded as a personal conjecture based on established logic.
Whether it can succeed or not depends entirely on the subsequent attempts.
From the perspective of the internal structure of the stone, understanding the fragments of its various components as 3D building blocks is the best guess we can give at the moment.
"Luban locks are easy to put together and easy to disassemble, and the hooking structure between the wooden bars is also very simple.
But just looking at the surface layout of this huge stone mechanism, you can see that its connections are very complicated.
If there is a deviation, the internal structure inside may be destroyed in advance and the encapsulated ancient virus may be released.
At that time, the ancient virus released by the megalithic mechanism may be extremely active due to the slow heating process.
Dismantling this huge stone mechanism is no less dangerous than dismantling a time bomb. "
Bai Ning agreed with Professor Huang's guess, but he did not dare to underestimate the dangerous process of disassembly.
In any precise three-dimensional structure, one step is often wrong and the next step is wrong.
The reason is also very simple. It is a man-made object based on established drawings. The process of construction and dismantling is nothing more than a set of rigid dead objects.
Variables are scary, and sophisticated and complex rigidity is even scarier.
