Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 176
Immediately, I didn't care about Professor Lin, and the robot and I came together in front of the stone gate and pushed the door of the tomb with our hands. As a matter of course, the place remained motionless.Generally speaking, the stone gate inside a tomb is called the gate of death, because no matter where the stone gate is opened, it is inside the tomb, and only the gate leading to the outside world is called the gate of life, because That is the only door in the entire tomb that can enter and exit the tomb, and it is also the place where the craftsmen walked when they exited.

But obviously, we did not enter from the entrance of the tomb. The stone gate in front of us, although it is also a life gate, but it was added because of the change of wind and water, and it is different from the normal life gate. Can't compare.After a push, it didn't move at all. We guessed that there should be a natural stone behind, so we thought about cleaning out the red oily wax in the slits of the stone door, and then pushed the natural stone away with an iron pusher.

Tomb robbing is a job that tests patience and skill. The oily wax has been solidified for thousands of years, like dry turpentine. It is very difficult to clean up. It took a full half an hour. The four robots took the initiative to take the role of leading the team, and soon they will The natural stone behind it was pushed open.The anti-theft technology in the Qin Dynasty was still in the development stage, and its form was relatively simple. Unlike the mausoleums of the Qing Dynasty, which integrated ancient anti-theft techniques, it was difficult for people to start.

This stone gate only uses natural stone, which was easily cracked by us.It was pitch black behind the stone gate, and the four robots pushed the stone gate immediately. Everyone was looking forward to the moment they entered the ancient tomb, but the stone gate had just opened, and the dark space behind it suddenly lit up, which shocked us.

I was stunned for a while, thinking that there is no electric light in this ancient tomb, even if there is electric light, we haven't turned on the power yet, so why does the tomb light up by itself?

The four robots blocked the door, and we couldn't see clearly what was going on inside for a while, but we heard robot No. In the tomb, until this time, the panorama of the entire tomb was displayed in front of our eyes.

The tomb is rectangular in shape, and a long ditch has been dug on the outermost edge, and what flows inside is surprisingly mercury, which is like a galaxy, completely blocking our way forward.And directly above the tomb is an arched dome, on which is painted a picture of the stars, the sun and the moon, embedded with pearls to reflect each other.In the middle of the mercury, there was an ancient bronze mirror the size of a millstone. After thousands of years, the mirror surface still had a layer of halo.

We had been turning on the flashlight before, and the moment the stone door was opened, the light shone on the copper mirror, and was reflected from the copper mirror to the pearl. The sea of ​​stars hanging overhead is breathtaking.

Professor Lin was the first to react. He said, "Mercury...the dome. It's not right...this pattern..."

He only spoke half of what he said, but Wu Sidong swallowed and said, "This seems to be the layout of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum recorded in the history books." When I saw the tomb clearly, I thought exactly the same as Professor Lin. Thinking of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, the records about the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang in the history books have mercury as the rivers and seas, instilled with astronomy, and geography below.Use mermaid ointment as a candle, and it will last for a long time.

Right now, the tomb chamber we see clearly shows this scene.

But this place is not Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum. Obviously, Xu Fu's tomb is a replica of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, which is a smaller version of Qin Huang's Mausoleum.Outside the Mausoleum of the Qin Emperor, there are tens of thousands of pits for soldiers and horses, but here are replaced by two terracotta warriors guarding the gate. The scale is not the same, but the specifications are exactly the same.

I thought it was wrong, this Xu Fu actually became the emperor of the earth, and was buried according to the specifications of Qin Shihuang. This man is ambitious enough.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay for a moment, the road ahead was blocked by mercury.This river of water, about seven or eight meters wide, forms a circle around the entire tomb. In the middle of the tomb, a bronze tripod is placed.Generally speaking, the tripods placed here are all ritual vessels, and some important events in the life of the owner of the tomb will be recorded on it.At the other end of the tomb is an arched passage without a door, and it does not know where it leads.

The place where the ritual vessels are placed is usually the side hall. I estimate that if Xu Fu’s tomb really copied the pattern of Qin Shihuang’s mausoleum, even if the scale of the underground palace is small, the structure may be very complicated. It is necessary to touch the main tomb. , I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort.The bronze mirror on top of the mercury, for some reason, is still admirable.All ancient objects contaminated with mercury, over time, will produce a color, the scientific name is 'Mercury Qin', but the bronze mirror has no color at all, reflecting the light of the flashlight, shining brightly on the whole room.

Although there is mercury blocking the way, but with modern equipment, this will not cause trouble at all. The four robots took out a set of special tools from the equipment bag.This is a type of modern tomb robber equipment. To be precise, modern tomb robbers borrowed this equipment that was originally used by the team to perform search and rescue missions. It is also called 'Gecko Palm'.

This thing can be worn on the hands and feet, and there is a suction cup underneath. After a person wears it, it can crawl on the wall like a gecko, even hanging upside down on the top of the wall.The special material it uses has a very strong suction. A single one can bear a weight of 240 kg, and four of them add up to 240 catties.Of course, if you are a fat man over [-] catties, there is a risk in using this.It was originally developed, mainly to complete some high-rise search and rescue tasks, and later developed to the private sector, and was sought after by some thrill-seeking young people.

There are two sets of equipment in total. Robot No. [-] wears it first and demonstrates it for us. After putting on the 'Gecko Palm', Robot No. [-] begins to climb up the wall, and soon climbs to the top of the tomb, forming a Back down, belly up posture.He was very flexible, and after a while, he moved to the top of the open space in the middle, loosened the gecko's palm, and jumped to the ground with ease, then tied the rope he carried in advance to the ear of the bronze tripod, and threw the other end of the rope to us here.

There is a heavy iron buckle at the end of the rope, and it can be thrown very far with sufficient strength, so that the bronze tripod comes to our side, forming a rope bridge, and the set of gecko palms slides back along the rope bridge.This method is very safe. Tofu looked eager to try it, and immediately put on the soles of the robot No. [-], and the two of them began to live together, like two geckos.

Suddenly, Tofu stopped when he climbed to the middle of the top of the tomb, and stared at a bright pearl on it. I could tell what his plan was at a glance, and I knew that this kid must be trying to dig out two pearls, so I couldn't help but say : "Don't be silly, do you want to live with the female snake on the island for the rest of your life?"

Others didn't understand what it meant, but Tofu did. Upon hearing this, he was so scared that he behaved immediately.

After a while, everyone arrived in the middle one after another, only me and Gu Wenmin were left. Professor Lin and the others on the other side had already started to study the things on the bronze tripod, and no one paid attention to us.Gu Wenmin and I took the gecko palm and climbed up one after the other.In fact, this kind of suspended feeling is not very good, especially after climbing to the top of the tomb, people fall down due to gravity, only the hands and feet are firmly attracted, and the head is tilted down, and the mercury flowing below can be seen , It is inevitable to feel guilty.

When I climbed halfway, my body suddenly felt a strange feeling, and my back was a little cold, as if someone was staring at my back below.Many people have this experience, that is, they suddenly feel that someone is looking at them, and their backs feel uncomfortable for a while, and then when they look back, they will find that there are indeed people.

This phenomenon is said to be the sixth sense of human beings. In a superstitious way, it is the soul induction. In a scientific way, it is the magnetic field resonance of bioelectricity.Some scientists believe that when people look at something, they also emit a unique magnetic field. Some sensitive people can feel it, so they will feel that someone is peeping at them.

I should be feeling that way right now, when I suddenly felt numbness on my back, I couldn't help but looked up.I couldn't see it, and I immediately met a blue face with a long mouth in my sight. When it came out of nowhere, I was so scared that my hands and feet went limp for a moment. If it wasn't for the gecko's palm sucking it, I might really fall.

But then I realized that I was completely scaring myself. It turned out that at this moment, I just climbed above the bronze mirror, so when I looked up, I happened to see my face wearing a gas mask.The clarity of this bronze mirror is not high. Wearing the gas mask on the face, the person looks like a pig's snout, and the image is a little distorted. In this environment, if one is not paying attention, it is really easy to be scared.

I breathed a sigh of relief and continued to climb forward, but after only two steps, my heart skipped a beat.

wrong.

I am at such a high position now, if it is a bronze mirror, it should be able to reflect my whole body, but why, only my face appeared in the bronze mirror just now?And that distorted face by the bronze mirror almost occupied the entire mirror!I just felt my scalp numb, and my back was whizzing, and I didn't care about it for a while, let alone looking up, and hurriedly urged Gu Wenmin in front of me, saying: "Hurry up, let's go down."

It's too insecure to stay here, no, I have to keep my feet on the ground before I can check what's weird in the bronze mirror.

Unexpectedly, just after I finished speaking, Gu Wenmin suddenly let out an ah, and said, "This hand..." But the gecko palm on her right hand had lost its effectiveness. Under such circumstances, it is impossible for a person to move forward with one hand.Because once that hand is released, her whole body will be under the gravity of the earth, and her feet will step on the top of the tomb, and her head will be in an upside-down posture. Just thinking about it is shocking.

Gu Wenmin is a smart person, the gecko palm on his right hand is malfunctioning, so naturally he didn't dare to pull out his left palm rashly, and was blocked in front of me for a while, unable to advance or retreat.

(End of this chapter)