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

Chapter 105: Soul-hanging Ladder, is there anyone there?

"Where are we?"

Looking at the road ahead, the fat man couldn't help scratching his head.

The stone staircase has no bottom in sight, just like a ladder circling in the heaven. It is surrounded by extremely thick fog and the camera next to it cannot be seen clearly.

Shirley Yang calmly analyzed: "This stone staircase should lead to somewhere. We will know if we continue to move forward."

"Ah."

Jiang Hua had no objection either.

Although he remembered some general plot details, such as the locations of the Dragon Bone Book and the Zhuchen Pearl.

But he had forgotten many details.

Jiang Hua had no idea where this place was.

"~Be careful."

Everyone continued walking forward along the stone stairs.

I don’t know how long it took, but the fat man’s legs felt a little weak from walking.

"Why haven't we reached the end yet?"

"My legs are sore from walking."

"Why is this stone staircase so long?"

Everyone stopped.

Shirley Yang also seemed to sense something was wrong, and she frowned!

Looking ahead, he fell into deep thought.

Jiang Hua suddenly said, "No, we seem to have been circling on the stone stairs!"

Hu Ba——stunned, "Aren't we always moving forward?"

"In our subjective consciousness, we are indeed moving forward all the time."

Jiang Hua shook his head, "But maybe we've been going in circles."

"I can feel that the stone stairs on the ground are somewhat familiar, but also somewhat unsure."

"It's actually very simple to verify this idea. You guys wait here, I'll go forward and try. If I don't meet you after an hour, I'll naturally go back."

Hu Bayi couldn't help but ask, "How about I go?"

"No, your strength is too weak. If you encounter any danger, you may not be able to solve it." Jiang Hua shook his head.

Shirley Yang hesitated for a moment and then agreed.

"Well, Jiang Hua, be careful."

"Well, don't worry."

Jiang Hua ran forward without saying a word.

Time passes little by little.

About half an hour passed.

The fat man couldn't help but muttered: "It seems that Jiang Hua guessed wrong, we haven't been going around in circles..."

"Fat!"

Suddenly, a voice came from behind the crowd.

The fat man couldn't help but shiver.

I almost jumped out of fright.

"You, you, when did you come back?"

Jiang Hua's figure suddenly appeared in the thick fog behind.

He had a smile on his face.

"I was just behind you."

Everyone was a little dumbfounded.

Hu Bayi couldn't help but ask, "So we were really just going in circles?"

"Well, it can't be wrong!"

Jiang Hua said: "I was just walking forward, but as I was walking I came behind you."

"This is enough to prove that the stone staircase is in a circle. It's just that the dense fog is so thick that we can't see it clearly."

"The person who designed this stone staircase was very experienced. He designed it to be slightly curved, so the human eye can't tell the difference at all."

"So invisibly, we have been going around in circles."

At this time, Shirley Yang on the side seemed to be thinking about something.

"Shirley, what are you thinking about?" Jiang Hua asked with some confusion.

"I was wondering, I seem to have seen this kind of stone stairs somewhere before..." Shirley Yang's eyes suddenly lit up.

"I remember now, this kind of stone staircase is called the Hanging Soul Staircase, and it is a very powerful mechanism!"

"Hanging Soul Ladder?" Everyone was puzzled.

"That's right!" Shirley Yang said, "The legendary Hanging Soul Ladder is actually a very powerful mechanical device, but it requires certain conditions, such as the coordination of walls, steps, light, and phantoms."

"This kind of hanging soul ladder can confuse people's vision, making them keep going back and forth on the stone stairs in circles, just like we are now."

The fat man was dumbfounded, "What should we do now?"

"We keep going in circles, doesn't that mean there's no way out?"

Jiang Hua was also confused.

"Could it be that the mechanism I unlocked is not the real entrance to the tomb?"

"probably not!"

"Based on Li Chunfeng's behavior, he would not do this. Could it be that there is some mechanism here that can break this Hanging Soul Ladder?"

Shirley Yang fell into deep thought, "I have read about this kind of Hanging Soul Ladder in ancient books. It said that only one section of the stone steps of the Hanging Soul Ladder is the real way to life."

"As long as you jump down from this stone staircase, you can escape the Soul-Hanging Tears mechanism."

The fat man sighed, "Alas, I have to crack the mechanism again. Why does this son of a bitch Li Chunfeng like to do these fancy things so much?"

Jiang Hua also suddenly came to his senses.

"When I was circling before, I specifically counted the number of steps. This Soul-Hanging Ladder has a total of 384 steps."

"And the sixty-four hexagrams have six lines in total, which add up to three hundred and eighty-four lines, which correspond exactly to these three hundred and eighty-four steps."

"And if I follow the hexagrams on the Tui Bei Tu, I can find the correct hexagram, which is not far ahead."

Hu Bayi frowned and said, "But there are six lines in a hexagram?"

"We need to choose one of the six stone ladders."

Hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Jiang Hua said confidently: "Don't worry, I have a way." He walked to the six stone steps with the correct hexagram.

Practice the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique.

Observe the ground current carefully.

This stone staircase contained very little earth energy, just like the other stone staircases, Jiang Hua could not see any changes at all.

This is also the reason why he did not use the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique.

And this one is the correct stone staircase.

The concentration of the ground air must be different from the others.

Although this change is small.

But it was enough for Jiang Hua to find the correct stone stairs.

At this moment, in Jiang Hua's eyes, everything changed.

“It’s this stone staircase!”

Jiang Hua's eyes flashed with brilliance, and he immediately discovered that the location of this stone staircase was
The concentration of ground air is slightly higher than that of the other stone steps.

Everyone was delighted.

"Bring me the rope." Jiang Hua said, stretching out his hand.

"Ok?"

Everyone was stunned, but still took out the rope from the backpack.

"What do you want a rope for?"

Shirley Yang asked curiously.

"You'll find out later."

Jiang Hua smiled.

He tied the rope around himself and handed the other end of the rope to Shirley Yang and others.

"Wait a minute, hold my hand and I'll go down this stone staircase to take a look."

Shirley Yang frowned, "Jiang Hua, how about letting me do it?"

Jiang Hua smiled and comforted him.

"Don't worry, if our guess is correct, it looks very deep down here, but it's actually covered by thick fog, and the actual height is not that high."

"Besides, there is a rope, so don't worry."

Shirley Yang could only nod helplessly and said, "Okay, then you should be careful later."

"Ah."

Jiang Hua nodded.

He walked down the stone steps slowly.

After just a dozen seconds, Jiang Hua couldn't help laughing.

"Come down quickly, this is only two or three meters high."

As he spoke, he took out a flashlight and shone it upwards.

Everyone was stunned when they saw Jiang Hua.

It turns out that this seemingly bottomless abyss is actually only two or three meters high.

At this height, for warriors like them, there would be no danger even if they fell down.

The fat man couldn't help but said in annoyance: "What kind of bastard made this soul-hanging ladder?"

Shirley Yang burst out laughing, then jumped down.

"Lao Hu, Fatty, you guys come down too."

Wait until everyone has fallen to the bottom.

They looked around and found that this was a huge cave surrounded by various huge rocks.

There was a thick fog above.

The Hanging Soul Ladder is hidden in it.

Jiang Hua looked at the Hanging Soul Ladder and couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.

"I don't know whether this hanging soul ladder was designed by Li Chunfeng or the Western Zhou tomb. It's really too insidious."

"Without extraordinary wisdom and the courage to face death, it is impossible to find the right way out."

"The final result was that the tomb robbers starved to death on the stone steps."

Everyone looked at the scene around them.

"This should be the real main tomb chamber."

"As for where it is, we still need to observe."

The fat man said in a depressed tone, "I find that Li Chunfeng is such a scoundrel. He is really too sinister. Is there some conspiracy going on?"

"Probably."

Jiang Hua pondered and said, "This is where the hidden spring is. It must be the main tomb chamber, so it will only be more dangerous. We must be more careful."

Jiang Hua and his group were in a stone cave.

This cave is filled with densely packed stone pillars, and on each of these pillars there are statues.

They are all monsters with bird heads and human bodies.

It seems that this place was also made from a Western Zhou tomb.

Jiang Hua used the sixteen-character Yin-Yang Feng Shui secret technique and observed the flow of geomagnetic energy around him to determine the location of the main tomb chamber.

"This way."

"Everyone follow me."

Jiang Hua walked in front to lead the way, while Shirley Yang and the fat man looked around with AK in hand.

As for Hu Bayi, he was holding a golden abacus in his hand and dividing the gold to determine the location of the burial site.

The cave below became even cooler.

A chilling and cold aura emanated from all directions.

Suddenly, Jiang Hua's eyes narrowed.

"Someone!"

"what?"

Everyone was stunned. Is there anyone else down there?

Are you kidding me?
Even they had to go through life and death situations before finally arriving here.

Who has the ability to get ahead of them?
(End of this chapter)