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Chapter 141 Mechanism (4232 words in total)
"Don't worry about time, let's find a way to open the stone door first." After Lin Yi finished speaking, he walked aside and started looking for any useful information or clues.

Ah Jiu felt that Lin Yi's words made sense, and pulled Ah Qi towards the other side, "Yes, yes, yes, find clues first and find a way out, otherwise you won't be able to find the medicine."

Liu Jingjing and Bian Yi didn't say anything more and spread out to look for each other.

In addition to the zodiac signs, there are also some very shallow runes on the surrounding stone walls.

The traces were so shallow that Lin Yi had not noticed them before.

The runes looked like some form of writing, but unfortunately no one present could understand them.

Liu Jingjing stared at those runes for a long time and sighed: "What strange runes, it feels like re-reading history."

"Could it be an oracle bone inscription?" Ah Jiu came over and took a look.

Ah Qi looked Ah Jiu up and down when he heard this, "Can you read oracle bone inscriptions?"

"No, I just feel like it." Ah Jiu said it casually. When Liu Jingjing talked about history, he remembered that oracle bones also had strange rune patterns.

"In 19■■, after the elimination of ■■, everyone began to ■■■, some people ■■■■■■, and others ■■■■■■■, who will be next? Me."

"In 19■2, June 6, I thought of the people in the village, so that I would be safe."

"Can you tell that all the bones here are from about the same period?" Lin Yi raised his eyes and asked Bian Yi, "Can you tell what the cause of death was?"

"Okay, let's put this conjecture aside for now. Did anyone else find anything?" Lin Yi turned his attention to the others, especially when he saw Liu Jingjing's hesitant eyes, he immediately asked: "Did you find anything? "

"But what does the last sentence mean?" Ah Qi pointed at that sentence, "Who seduces with words? What is the crime committed?"

"19■■■, ■■■■, it will be ■■ with me. I hope that the next ■■■■ will not be tempted by ■■ words and commit the same sin as me."

"Yes, for what?" Lin heard Ah Jiu's words and murmured to himself, "There must be some reason why these bones are here."

"That is to say, the owner of the notepad was the first to arrive here, followed by the people from the east and west, and finally the people from the south." Lin had a flash of inspiration and asked again: "Do you think the yellow talisman we saw before is still the sacrifice in front of us now?" Was the table and incense burner prepared by the owner of the notebook, or was it prepared by someone earlier?"

Liu Jingjing nodded hesitantly, stretched out her hand and opened her palm. On it was a golden bell tied with red silk.

"This flower should be a bad thing to the people in the village. It may even threaten the lives of the villagers."

"This is what I dug out of the pile of bones in the west. Many of the writings on it are blurred." Ah Jiu took out a worn-out notepad. The cover was basically peeled off, and the title page was also covered with dust. , it looks like it hasn’t been opened for a long time.

Bian Yi pondered for a moment and replied: "It's not the same period. It's difficult to judge without tools."

"It's hard to say. We need to look for other clues." Bian Yi sighed, "I can only say that the cause of their death was not natural."

"I guess it was some kind of accidental death."

"Later, the owner of the notepad thought of a way to do something to the people in the village to ensure his own safety."

The surface of the bell shines with dazzling light and exudes a golden luster, as if reflecting the vicissitudes of time. Red silk surrounds its body, with clear texture and tight ribbons, as if guarding this golden treasure.

Bian Yi shook his head, "It's not Oracle."

Lin Yi frowned and tried to combine the contents, and explained: "The above is probably about an accident that happened in the ancestral hall one day, which caused blood to appear, and it was also related to flowers."

"On the 19th day of the 9th year, the most popular person in the village is gone. I am gone."

An hour later, they searched the entire space, but still could not find any clues about opening the stone door.

"In 19■■ years, ■month■■, ■■■■■ ancestral hall ■■■■, resulting in ■■■■, blood ■■■■■■■■■ flowers, ■■■■."

However, what makes people wonder is that there is no problem inside the bell, but it cannot make any sound.

"Could the sin be the other bones around?" Bian Yi thought for a long time and said, "I found that the bones next to the owner of the notebook are from almost the same time period as him."

"Where did you find it?"

No new content appears later.

"The owner of the notepad discovered that the villagers who died unexpectedly were all people related to flowers."

"What do you mean?" Ah Jiu scratched his head, "I can't understand a sentence, and I can't spell it out."

"But in the end we still can't escape the same ending."

"In the 19th year of the year, on the ■month ■ day, the flowers were getting more and more ■■■, and ■■■ was very scared, and there was someone ■■■, ■■■ below the ancestral hall to help."

"The one in the notepad is just a flower, right?" Liu Jingjing said uncertainly.

When Lin Yi said this, he thought of the flower before. Could it be the one recorded by the owner of the notepad?

The paper is yellowed, the edges are curled, and the content inside is incomplete.

This notepad not only did not help them solve their problems, but instead added more doubts.

"According to my observation, the bones here can be roughly divided into three stages. The owner of the notepad belongs to one period. Those to the east and west near the altar are from a slightly later period. There are two or three near the south of the stone gate from a later period. A little period.”

"So the owner of the notepad tricked them into entering here together?" Ah Jiu guessed along this line of thinking, "But for what reason?"

"198■■, ■■28■, it is still ■■ me. If I can't escape, I can only ■■■."

Many of the handwritings have been blurred, and only a few intermittent sentences and words can be pieced together.

"Anyway, it's a clue. Write it down first in case you need it later?" Lin Yi finally made the decision and asked Ah Qi to copy down this line of runes.

Lin Yi took the notebook and began to read it carefully.

"The villagers may have done something to protect themselves, causing the flowers to disappear, but there are also problems with the villagers."

"It's stuffed in one of the three jars on the east side."

Lin Yi reached out his hand to take the golden bell with some curiosity.

[Special Item Sacred Artifact Detected - Requiem Bell (Fake)]

Special items?

Or a fake?
This was the first time he saw such a reminder.

"What's wrong?" Bian Yi noticed that Lin Yi's expression was different and asked quickly, "Is there something wrong?"

Everyone's eyes shifted from the bell to Lin Yi's face.

"I seem to have seen this bell somewhere." Lin Yi pretended not to remember clearly, patted his head and continued: "But I can't remember where I saw it."

"Think about it again, where have you seen it before? Recall it carefully and see what's special about it." Ah Jiu looked at Lin Yi anxiously.

Finally there is a clue which is somewhat hopeful.

I really hope it has something to do with unlocking the stone gate.

After five minutes of silence, Lin Yi pretended to say "ah".

He seemed to have remembered it.

"It seems to be called the Requiem Bell, but I'm not sure if it's the one in my memory." Lin Yi carefully stroked the surface of the bell, with a hint of hesitation in his words.

"It's too new." Bian Yi obviously also felt that there was something wrong with the bell. In addition to not ringing, it also looked too dazzling in appearance.

It does seem a bit out of place compared to the surrounding environment and items on site.

"New? It's okay." Ah Jiu obviously didn't understand what they meant. According to his understanding, things placed in the jar are naturally much cleaner than those exposed outside.

Ah Qi explained on the side: "No matter how well it is preserved, it is just a clay pot. How could there be no trace at all."

"Maybe it's very special. It's called the Requiem Bell, so it's certainly not ordinary." Ah Jiu still insisted on his own idea. He felt that the name must have a special meaning.

"Maybe it can really put the soul to rest?" Liu Jingjing interjected, her eyes falling on the bell dreamingly.

Lin Yi noticed Liu Jingjing's gaze and handed the bell back, "Since you found it, you'd better keep it yourself."

The same notepad was also returned to Ah Jiu.

Anyway, everyone shared the content one by one, and he secretly remembered it all in his mind.

"I also found something, but I don't think it has anything to do with opening the stone door." Ah Qi took out a rusty key.

Everyone looked at the keys one by one, and there was really nothing special about them.

Even Lin Yi's system didn't give any information.

As if it were an ordinary key.

"I have no new discoveries here." Bian Yi finally reported the progress.

They searched every possible place, even the bones, and were touched two or three times before they gave up.

The information and clues found have no connection with Shimen.

No objects similar to the grooves were found.

"So the problem may also be with the zodiac signs." Lin Yi raised his head and looked at the zodiac signs on the stone wall. Maybe the order was wrong.

If the order of the zodiac animals does not start with the default rat, then what is the standard?
"How else can we arrange the zodiac signs? Isn't this the right order?" Ah Jiu stretched out his hand and tapped each one, reciting the order of the twelve zodiac signs in his mouth, "That's right."

There are three zodiac signs on a stone wall, and there is no extra space for other stones, so the fixed number is three.

It starts with a mouse and ends with a pig.

Beginning.end sequence
Lin Yi thought about it for a while and then said again, "Maybe I started wrong."

"Wrong start? What's wrong? Isn't it a rat?" Ah Jiu was puzzled and turned to look at Ah Qi, "Do you understand what he means?"

Ah Qi said nothing and shook her head.

"I mean the opening sequence of Stonewall."

As Lin Yi spoke, he removed the stone with the rat, ox, and tiger, and then exchanged it with the zodiac signs on another stone wall.

"The beginning was determined based on the position of the mouse before, but now it is determined based on the location of the stone wall." Bian Yi explained to the remaining three people.

"It's just that I'm worried that if I make a mistake, it will trigger the mechanism again." Lin Yi looked at the others present hesitantly, "I made a mistake before and triggered the mechanism, which is a sharp arrow."

"So if there is another problem next time."

Everyone present understood Lin Yi's unfinished words and fell into silence for a while.

After a while, Ah Qi and Ah Jiu looked at each other, and Ah Qi came over and said to Lin Yi, "I can't get out anyway, so why not give it a try."

"I have no objection." Bian Yi continued Ah Qi's words.

The last gaze fell on Liu Jingjing who said nothing.

"I" Liu Jingjing looked at Lin Yi with a troubled expression, but did not speak for a long time.

Ah Jiu felt a little anxious and quickly urged: "Sister, please give me the right words. Don't stay silent for a long time. Just say a word if it's okay."

"We are all facing difficulties now, so there is nothing to hesitate about."

"I believe you." Liu Jingjing tightened her clothes and shouted softly, "I agree too."

Five minutes later.

"Get ready, I'm going to put the last stone." Lin Yi loudly reminded the four of them and put the last stone with the zodiac pattern in his hand.

Click click click.
The mechanism starts up again.

Suddenly, a large amount of black dog blood poured out of the stone wall and the ground, like a strange column of blood, spraying out and filling the entire space instantly.

The blood mixed with the smell of iron and putrefaction filled the air, making it unbearable.

Lin Yi dodged left and right to avoid the black dog blood, but the remaining four people were not so lucky.

Before, I only paid attention to the mechanisms on the stone wall, but I didn't expect that there were also ones on the ground.

Liu Jingjing was splashed with black dog blood on her face, and wiped it with her hands in horror, with an expression of despair and uneasiness.

Ah Jiu was sprayed directly by the blood column. His whole body was sticky, and his clothes were stained with black and red stinking blood. He stood there dumbfounded.

Even Ah Qi, who has a cold personality, showed a rare expression of despair this time, and half of his arm was stained with black dog blood.

Also dyed black and red was Bian Yi, whose right trouser leg was dripping and exuding a foul smell.

"Uh" Lin Yi looked at them and didn't know how to comfort them for a moment.

"Ah, what is this? Am I going to die?" Liu Jingjing rubbed the black and red blood on her hands in fear. The more she rubbed, the worse it became, and more and more places were contaminated.

The stench on her body made her feel like she was going to pass out at any moment.

"It's okay, girl, it's just a little smell." Ah Jiu tried his best to ignore the unpleasant stench on his body. He carefully took off his clothes and wiped other parts of his body. Apparently he was not worried about what the black-red blood would do to his body. harm.

"Black dog blood drives away evil spirits." Ah Qi said helplessly, and took off her clothes to wipe the black dog blood on her arm in disgust.

"Exorcism?" Liu Jingjing looked at the movements of the two people in front of her, and her tense spirit finally relaxed a little.

"Yes, except for the extremely unpleasant smell, there is no other danger for the time being." Lin Yi took out the wet tissue in his pocket and handed it to Liu Jingjing. Considering that the other party was a girl and she was wearing a skirt, it was really difficult to imitate other people. People take off their clothes.

"Thank you." Liu Jingjing took it carefully.

Lin Yi smiled. He knelt down and touched some black dog blood, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed it. It was also mixed with a hint of cinnabar.

The two traps were sharp arrows once and black dog blood once.

What did the people who designed the agency want to deal with?
He quickly walked to the other side and pulled out a sharp arrow stuck in the stone wall, inspecting it carefully.

Sure enough, yellow runes were found on the tail feathers of the sharp arrow, which were thinly wound into a rope.

(End of this chapter)