Explore Changbai Mountain

Chapter 529 Opening the Gate of the Underground Palace

After checking the bones on the ground and seeing that there was nothing else in this small square, the team returned to the gate.

When checking the gate before, no one could find a way to open it.The two tightly closed gates were closed very tightly, and the gates were unusually thick.

Chen Ziyang still focused his attention on the embossed pattern on the gate, thoughtful.

Liu Cong and a few of his men dangled in front of the gate, and then they came to a conclusion that if they wanted to use violence to open the gate, it was simply impossible given the team's current conditions.

Because the number of people in the team is relatively small, and the explosives they carry are relatively small. These explosives are not very powerful at all when blasting on the surface of the gate. It is estimated that the two gates cannot be opened, so Liu Cong walked aside and stared at the city wall next to the gate. with.

"You don't need to study it anymore, these city walls cannot be blown up." Guessing Liu Cong's idea of ​​building these city walls, Chen Benzhong hastily spoke to stop it.

"The thickness of these city walls is unimaginable, and most importantly, if my guess is correct, these city walls and gates cannot be destroyed at will.

This underground palace was built directly in the cracks of the mountain, with the rock top on top and the ground below. The thick city wall is like a load-bearing beam, supporting the weight of the mountain above. This should be at the time of design and construction. It was done on purpose.

When the entire underground palace is completed, the weight of the mountain above is completely on the city wall. With the help of some organs inside the city wall, if the gate and the city wall are damaged by external forces and collapse, the entire mountain will collapse.

This is tantamount to the best anti-theft mechanism, completely eliminating many methods of stealing and digging.With such a large amount of money, the people who designed this place are absolutely extraordinary, and the construction of this underground palace was not easy.It is really hard to imagine that this underground palace was built hundreds of years ago. "

"This..." After listening to Chen Benzhong's words, Liu Cong came to his senses. No wonder the long city wall that everyone passed by looked very strange, especially the brick joints, which gave people a very strange feeling.

Thinking about it now, the way these bricks are stacked is very special, as if they are spliced ​​together. If a few stone bricks are really pulled out from the city wall, then the remaining stone bricks will fall down. If it falls, the entire city wall will collapse from the gap like dominoes being toppled.

"Don't think about opportunism, you must find a way to open the door or a mechanism, and then check around."

Chen Benzhong was extremely depressed, and he tried his best to get here, but he was blocked in front of these two gates, making it difficult to get in.

"I'll try, I seem to have guessed the way to open the gate." Chen Ziyang said as he slowly stepped forward to the tightly closed gate.

When observing this gate before, Chen Ziyang discovered a rather incongruous place.The height of this gate is very high, almost running through the entire mountain crack. The upper and lower ends of the gate are even with the top and bottom of the mountain crack, at least five meters high.But the pattern on the gate is very small.

The "卍"-shaped pattern composed of four giant dragons protruding from the steel gate is not very big, and it is not placed in the center of the gate, but placed in a relatively lower and more left position.

Such a large door is matched with such a small pattern, and the pattern is not in the center of the door, which makes the pattern on the door feel out of place.

Chen Ziyang has seen this pattern countless times, it can be said that he is very familiar with it, and he is [-]% sure that there is no such thing as a dragon ball in the center of other patterns.

This dragon ball-like ball is located in the center of the four giant dragons, protruding from the gate, about two meters above the ground, and a person standing on the ground can reach out and touch the ball.

From the placement of the ball, Chen Ziyang guessed that it is very likely that the ball was placed here on purpose, so that people can touch it with their hands.

"Get out of the way, and be careful that I will touch the mechanism." Seeing that the others had evaded to a safe corner, Chen Ziyang stretched out his hand and pressed a few times on the raised ball in the middle of the four dragons. Very firm, there is nothing unusual about this ball.It seems that it should not be pressed down.

Then he changed his method and pushed the spherical protrusion aside. Like the cover on the security door mirror, the protrusion slid aside, revealing a dark hole.

"Huh" A strong wind blows out from this dark hole.Looking at the size of the hole, Chen Ziyang had an idea in his mind. He turned around and said to Chen Benzhong beside him, "Borrow something."

Seeing the round hole like a keyhole on the gate, Chen Ziyang knew that his previous guess was correct. The size of this hole seems to be slightly larger than the pearl that everyone found before, and it should be just right. Let that pearl pass.

"Borrow something?" Chen Benzhong frowned. Hearing what Chen Ziyang said, it seemed that if he wanted to open these two doors, he needed something on his body. This is really strange. What about the key to open the door? May be on their own.

"Yes, give me the huge pearl you just found. I think that pearl is the key to open this door."

"Ah?" Hearing Chen Ziyang's words, all the people around shouted out in surprise.

"Oh? Pearl..." Chen Benzhong's eyes lit up suddenly.After hearing the word "pearl", Chen Benzhong realized a lot of things in an instant. He felt that Chen Ziyang's method was correct, so he opened the box without hesitation, and handed the pearl to Chen Ziyang. .

"Wait! Just to be cautious, let's take a look at the situation inside the round hole first." Liu Cong was very cautious. Although this pearl was valuable, it was nothing in their hearts. He did this For the safety of Chen Benzhong, I hope to check what is inside the hole in advance.

"Alright." Although Chen Ziyang was confident, he couldn't say no to Liu Cong, so he retreated to Chen Benzhong's side.

Liu Cong directed the two team members, and took out a long and hard thing like a wire from the backpack.Seeing the lens installed in front, Chen Ziyang knew that it should be something like an endoscope, which could be inserted directly into the hole, and at the same time feed back the situation inside the hole with a probe.

"How did you come up with the idea of ​​using that pearl to open this gate?" Although the gate has not been opened yet, Chen Benzhong has the same idea as Chen Ziyang. He thinks that this pearl should be the key to open the gate. So he couldn't wait to ask Chen Ziyang.

"The reason is actually very simple, because this pearl should have been inlaid on the Kangxi crown before. Although this basis seems a little insufficient, it is very reasonable.

The dragon veins of the Qing Dynasty should have been built during the Kangxi period. All the clues we found lead to this conclusion. Kangxi came to set up.

You also know what happened when Puyi fled to Big Walnut Town. The pearl inlaid in the Kangxi crown was lost, and Puyi's jade seal was also lost.If it is understandable to say that other things were lost, the loss of these two things is obviously a bit unbelievable.

Combining these together, plus the extra protrusion on the gate, all this gave me the idea that the pearl inlaid on the Kangxi crown is the key to unlocking the Dragon Maiden Palace.

This pearl has always been inlaid on Kangxi's crown. It can be said that other people have no way to get it. Even if Kangxi is gone, his pearl will be preserved as a national treasure, which guarantees the safety of this pearl. The owner can only be the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, which ensures that the opening of the dragon veins is in the hands of the Qing royal family. "

After listening to Chen Ziyang's explanation, Chen Benzhong's eyes were full of excitement. He couldn't wait to see what was behind this gate.

"Cong'er, how is your situation?" Chen Benzhong asked anxiously.

"Nothing was found. The black hole suddenly changed its direction after going half a meter deep, and became obliquely downward. It was pitch black inside, and the side walls were very smooth, and the hole was very deep. We The probe has gone to the bottom, but still can't see anything else."

"Okay, don't look any more, take the probe back, let's open this door." After taking the pearl from Chen Ziyang's hand, Chen Benzhong walked forward slowly, it seemed that he was going to open the Dragon Vein of the Qing Dynasty with his own hands Treasure's dungeon gate is open.

When putting the pearl into the hole, Chen Benzhong's wrinkled hand trembled rapidly, obviously he was very excited.

"Gulu..." The size of the pearl fit perfectly with the diameter of the hole. Although the wind blowing from the hole was still very strong, it couldn't stop the pearl from entering.The sound of the pearl rolling in the pipe behind the hole came back, and the sound became smaller and smaller. It was obvious that the pearl had rolled to a very deep and far place.

"Crackling..." The sound of the spring starting came from behind the steel gate, and with the sound of the mechanism starting, the four dragons on the gate seemed to come to life.

The four dragon-shaped reliefs moved little by little from the tail, and the scales on the dragon's body unfolded little by little, making the length of the four dragons slowly extend, although the distance was very short each time the scales moved, But because there are so many scales on the dragon's body, the addition of these tiny extensions actually moved the entire dragon's head forward for a long distance.

"Crack!" The heads of the four dragons touched the circular hole in the center at the same time, and the dragon ball-like thing that Chen Ziyang pushed aside before was pushed back to its original position by the heads of the four dragons.

Under Liu Cong's pull, Chen Benzhong moved away from the range in front of the gate. After a while, the two gates opened slightly forward, and a wide gap appeared between the two gates.

A gust of wind blew out from the crack in the door, and this gust of wind was mixed with a strong musty smell.That is to say, at the moment when the strong wind blew out, the flame from the candle made of dog oil hanging on Chen Benzhong's waist suddenly changed color, from bright yellow to dark green in an instant.

This proves that the quality of the air blowing out from behind the door is very bad, and the content of carbon dioxide is very high.

"Put on the gas mask quickly." Following Liu Cong's order, the others quickly put the gas masks on their faces and opened the valve of the oxygen tank at the same time.

"Don't worry, the air here is circulated. Although the area of ​​the underground palace is very large, the quality of the air inside is not very good, but as long as the gate is opened, the air will be exchanged. After a while, the air inside will be exhausted." I can breathe."

It wasn't until the gates were opened that the people in the team realized that the two gates were much thicker than they had imagined, and the thickness of the gates was already more than one meter.

And on the side edge of the gate, you can also see many mechanism-like things. These mechanism brackets are all made of steel, and they look very precise, and they should have affected a lot of mechanisms.

Although everyone didn't understand the design principle of this gate, everyone knew that if they had used violence to open the gate before, it would definitely not be able to blow the gate open, and it would also touch other defense organs.

"Hahahaha...my long-cherished wish for many years is about to come true, Cong'er, play the vanguard!" Tears flickered in Chen Benzhong's eyes, and his voice trembled because of being too excited. When he said these words, he almost It was Lao Gao who pulled his neck and shouted, and the veins on his neck were bulging.

Just as Chen Benzhong expected before, the air inside and outside the gate was constantly exchanging. After a while, the strong wind blowing from the back of the gate weakened a lot, and the flame of the dog oil candle hanging on Chen Benzhong's waist kept going. It has not been extinguished. Although the color of the flame is still green now, it is no longer dark green, and the color has faded a lot.

After sending out two team members to explore the way, the people in the team got into the back of the gate one after another.

Behind the steel gate is a large space, but the area of ​​this space is not very large. Under the illumination of the flashlight, the team found that there is still a section of city wall tens of meters ahead. The way is very similar.

The place in front of everyone's left was a little different. A section of something like a dragon's body carved out of stone protruded from one city wall and burrowed into another city wall.

As soon as he saw this dragon-like stone sculpture, Chen Ziyang felt a strange feeling in his heart. He hastily poured mana into his eyes, opened his yin and yang eyes, and looked towards this stone sculpture.

"Dragon Qi! There is dragon gas flowing in the stone carving!"

(End of this chapter)