Tomb Raider: Evolution of the Red Dragon, Starting from the Ancient City of Jingjue

Chapter 104: A Trip to the Gate of Life and Death

Jiang Hua also looked up at the changes in the star map.

He took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "As I expected, this star map and the armillary sphere are in a corresponding relationship. If we want to crack the mechanism, we have to find the correct pattern in the armillary sphere."

"But how do we find it?"

Hu Bayi also had in-depth research on Tianxing Feng Shui, but at this moment in front of this star map, his Tianxing Feng Shui technique was as simple as that of a child.

No matter how much he thought about the astrological mechanism set up by Li Chunfeng, he still couldn't figure out any pattern.

Everyone couldn't help but look at Jiang Hua.

At this moment, all hopes were placed on Jiang Hua.

Jiang Hua frowned, his brain working frantically.

"Thirty-six tombs. How do I find the right one?"

"In ancient Chinese Qimen Dunjia, the eight gates are different angles determined according to the directions of the eight trigrams."

"The eight gates are: Xiumen, Shengmen, Shangmen, Dumen, Jingmen, Simen, Jingmen, and Kaimen!"

"The Gate of Life... is it the correct door?"

"The sky has eight gates to communicate with the eight winds. The earth has eight directions to respond to the Eight Diagrams, which regulate the four seasons and govern all things."

"The gate of life is in the northeast!"

At this moment, Jiang Hua's eyes lit up.

"No matter what, I have to try it!"

Jiang Hua was constantly calculating the stars in his mind.

Deducing the astrological chart of Shengmen...

Then he stretched out his hands and began to rotate the armillary sphere...

Kaka-

The armillary sphere is rotating, and the star map is changing accordingly.

At this moment, all the stars point to the northeast!
That is where the gate of life is located.

at last……

click -

The armillary sphere stopped rotating.

The mercury around me came to a sudden stop.

Seeing this scene, everyone was surprised.

"Haha, it finally worked!"

"We have cracked the mechanism of this star map!"

"Hey, why hasn't the tomb appeared yet?"

The fat man first showed joy, then asked with some doubt.

Suddenly, Jiang Hua's expression changed.

"Oops, this is not the right direction!"

"The true direction is not the life gate!"

Just as Jiang Hua finished speaking, a loud noise came from the tomb, as if some mechanism was operating.

Chi Chi!

The mercury is falling at a faster rate.

In just one minute, the entire tomb was filled with mercury vapor.

If everyone hadn't been wearing gas masks, they would have probably been poisoned and fainted by now.

But even with gas masks, everyone felt that they could not hold on any longer, and they felt a tingling sensation on their skin.

Apparently the mercury vapor was about to invade the skin.

Moreover, the oxygen in everyone's gas masks was almost used up.

Once they are used up, they will have only one outcome!
That means death here!
The fat man was a little scared, and his body was shaking slightly.

"Jiang, Brother Jiang."

"How about we guess a tomb door? Maybe we'll be lucky and guess it right?"

Hu Bayi said angrily: "There are thirty-six gates here. Even if we exclude the northeast gate just now, there are still thirty-five gates. Do you think we are gods and can guess it right at a glance?"

Shirley Yang also nodded, "Well, if my guess is correct, every time we make a mistake, the speed at which the mercury falls will double!"

“We have to find a pattern.”

The fat man scratched his head in annoyance. "That won't work, that won't work either. We can't really be trapped here to death by that son of a bitch Li Chunfeng, right?"

I saw Jiang Hua frowning in thought.

Old Hu couldn't help but say, "Jiang Hua, how about we try the Death Gate?"

"The Death Gate is Kun, located in the southwest!"

"Perhaps Li Chunfeng deliberately messed up the order, turning the gate of life into the gate of death, and the gate of death into the gate of life?"

Jiang Hua shook his head and said, "No."

"I have studied the astrological map. This astrological map is not arranged according to the rules of Qimen Dunjia, so Li Chunfeng does not have any concept of the gate of life and death."

“There’s only one right answer.”

"As long as we find the correct answer, we can find a way out."

Hu Bayi took a deep breath and said, "The question is, how do we find the correct answer?"

Jiang Hua ignored him.

Instead, he fell into deep thought.

"This armillary sphere is based on the Eight Diagrams, and the astrological diagram is infinitely variable. It is simply impossible to understand its rules."

"Could it be that Li Chunfeng wanted his descendants to die in this mercury tomb?"

"No!" Jiang Hua murmured, "There are 49 heavenly propagations, and one of them is missing. Li Chunfeng is a Taoist figure. He believes in the unity of heaven and man, so he must have left some clues." "So this ray of hope must be in this tomb."

"Taiji gave birth to two opposites, two opposites gave birth to four images, four images gave birth to eight trigrams, eight trigrams gave birth to sixty-four images, sixty-four images gave birth to all things..."

"Ok?"

"Sixty-four elephants?"

Jiang Hua's heart suddenly shook, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

"Sixty-four elephants!"

"The Tui Bei Tu also has sixty-four images!"

Thinking of this, Jiang Hua suddenly shouted, "Old Hu, tell me about the astrology of Tui Bei Tu."

"Ok?"

Hu Bayi was stunned for a moment.

But he did not dare to neglect it. He looked at the Tuibei Tu on the stone wall, deduced silently in his mind, and told Jiang Hua the astrological map.

"The first symbol: Jiazi, Qian below, Qian above, Qian."

"The vast universe has no end. The sun and the moon cycle over and over again..."

And Jiang Hua was also constantly turning the armillary sphere.

A crackling sound was heard in the tomb.

Everyone held their breath and watched the scene nervously.

"The sixty-fourth image: Guihai, Kun below and Dui above, Cui."

"One yin and one yang, without end and without beginning. The end is the day and the beginning is the beginning."

After Hu Bayi finished talking about this last elephant.

Jiang Hua also turned the armillary sphere to the node.

Click!

A soft sound.

The sound of mercury falling stopped abruptly.

The mercury on the ground disappeared along the cracks.

And the entire tomb began to tremble.

Suddenly, in a corner in the southeast.

A stone door suddenly opened!

"Success!"

Seeing this scene, everyone was surprised.

This time it really worked.

The mercury on the ground has disappeared, only the mercury vapor in the air is still invading their skin.

"hurry up!"

Jiang Hua urged that we couldn't stay here for long.

Although the mechanism was cracked, the mercury vapor was still very thick and their bodies had reached their limit.

If I continue to stay here, I'm afraid I'll really get mercury poisoning.

"Yeah, let's grab our things and go quickly."

Everyone followed Jiang Hua and rushed towards the open stone door.

After entering the stone gate, everyone was surprised to find that this was not a tomb chamber, but a long stone staircase surrounded by fog and the end could not be seen clearly.

When we reached the stone stairs, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

I couldn't help but sit down on the stone steps.

He took off his gas mask.

Breathing in big gulps of fresh air.

Everyone's skin had already turned red.

Apparently this was caused by mercury vapor intrusion.

Jiang Hua frowned and said, "Go into the storage space first and take a shower to wash off the mercury vapor on your skin. Otherwise, if you absorb too much mercury ions, it will be very harmful to your body!"

Fortunately, his storage space is large enough.

And after being integrated into the Scepter of Creation, it can allow living beings to enter.

After rinsing your body.

Everyone came out refreshed and refreshed, having regained their spirits.

The fat man chuckled and said, "Brother Jiang, your storage space is really amazing."

Jiang Hua also smiled and survived the crisis this time.

It was really a bit of luck.

Otherwise he could only let everyone hide in the storage space.

But the resources in the storage space are also limited.

It is impossible for everyone to survive for a long time.

Therefore, we must find the pattern as soon as possible and solve the mechanism of the tomb.

Jiang Hua also didn't expect that Li Chunfeng would actually use Tuibei Tu as the code of the mechanism.

Those masters who understand Qimen Bagua will definitely think of the Life and Death Gates in Qimen Dunjia first.

But if we continue to solve it in this way.

I'm afraid they will never be able to solve it in their lifetime.

For that armillary sphere, only the Tuibei Tu shows the correct astrological signs.

(End of this chapter)