Tomb Raiders Codex

Chapter 203 Nine Lives Nine Deadlocks

Iron coffin?

I froze for a moment, wondering if Tofu was talking nonsense, who would use iron as a coffin?What's more, it was not easy to make iron in ancient times, and it was too wasteful to do so.

As Tofu said, he stretched out his hand to touch it again. At this moment, another hand suddenly stretched out from behind Tofu, and grabbed his hand.

I turned my head to look, but it was that Fusang mute who quietly appeared behind us without knowing when.He stared at Tofu with cold eyes, his hands were motionless, and Tofu's face was distorted. It seemed that this man was very powerful.I was afraid that Tofu's hand would also be useless, so I hurriedly said: "Let go." After speaking, I realized that this Fusang person should not understand Chinese.

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the man suddenly spoke, his voice was very cold, and said: "Don't touch these coffins."

Tofu was clasped in his hand, forgetting even the pain, widened his eyes, and said in surprise: "So you are not dumb? Hey, you can also speak Chinese, which is very smooth. Who did you learn it from? I will test your level. Like, read it like this: A lama came from the south, holding a five-jin pagoda. A dumb man came from the north, with a horn in his waist. The Lama of Tira Tama wanted to exchange the pagoda for a different horn. The dumb people who don’t have horns don’t want to exchange the horns for Lama Tira Tama’s Tama. The Lama of Tira Tama beat the dumb people who don’t have horns with the Tama…”

I was speechless for a while, my ears were full of loud speakers, and I was about to shut up Tofu, but the Fusang man had already let go of Tofu's hand, then pushed Tofu's head, and said coldly: "One more thing, I Cut out your tongue and make you dumb."

Tofu closed his mouth resentfully, curled his neck and muttered in a low voice, probably saying hello to the ancestor of the masked man.

At first I thought he was from Fusang, but after listening to him say a few words, I found that his pronunciation was very correct, not to the level that foreigners can practice, so I couldn't help asking: "Are you from Huaguo?"

There was no expression on the mask-covered face of the man, and he ignored me and Tofu, but took out a pair of black gloves from the backpack behind him, and I recognized them as a pair of corpse-handling gloves. It seems that this person wants to open the coffin.

Dao Tong who was buried with him, there should be nothing else in the coffin, why did this person open the coffin?
At this time, Professor Lin and others from outside also came to this tomb. This tomb was already full of coffins, and it became crowded when people came. The underground palace, which has been silent for more than 2000 years, felt like a party for a while.

Tofu whispered to me, "This dumb bastard for holding a bull fork won't allow me to move the coffin, but he touches it himself. It's disgusting."

I said: "There should be nothing valuable in the coffin, let's wait and see what happens. This man has two brushes, so he must have his intentions. Let's learn more." The experience of digging mushrooms these two times made me feel deeply. The importance of grandpa's inversion guide is just on paper.There are too many emergencies in the ancient tomb, and experience can often save lives. I decided to stay out of the way for the time being and see what the dumb man with eyes on the top of his head would do.

I watched the movement of the masked dumb man beside me, and found that he opened the coffin very professionally, using the traditional old way. Except for not offering incense, he did all the necessary procedures. During the whole process, he kept his eyes on the ground without any An inch of skin touched the coffin.I saw him take out the pry bar, pry out the coffin nails one by one, and then push hard with both hands, the small coffin in front of him was opened.

I had already covered my mouth and nose in advance, and I took a step back. I could not avoid being rushed by the corpse gas accumulated in the coffin, but after the coffin was opened, there was no strange smell.Everyone thought it was strange, so they couldn't help but stepped forward to have a look. Suddenly, I found a livid child's corpse lying in the coffin, floating in the coffin.

The reason why it is said to be floating is that the coffin is full of mercury, and the corpse is soaked in mercury. It has not been corrupted for more than 2000 years, and it is covered with mercury, which is particularly frightening.

No wonder Tofu said that the coffin was an iron coffin. In fact, it should be a change that occurred after the wooden coffin was in contact with mercury for a long time, which hardened the texture of the wooden coffin and made it feel like gold and iron.

After the masked man opened the coffin, he reached out and groped in the coffin. After a while, he didn't seem to find anything, so he gestured to the three subordinates.The three subordinates immediately covered the coffin, and the four turned to open the second coffin, not knowing what they were looking for.

When Professor Lin encountered such a group of unexpected guests, he couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked me, "Xiao Chen, what should we do now?"

I thought for a while and said: "The road is facing the sky, each side goes to the other side." Immediately, I winked at the crowd, and they understood, and the group left the tomb immediately and came to the tomb door in the north.

The four Fusang people seemed to have no intention of paying attention to us anymore, so better, to avoid a fierce battle, it is better to go their own way.Immediately, we came to the gate of the tomb and prepared to do it.

The slit in the middle of this tomb door was also sealed with oil wax. Through this thin layer of oil wax, I suddenly found that there was something blue in the slit, spreading from top to bottom all the way to the bottom. , It seems that there is something stuffed in the slit.

With the experience of these two inversions, I knew that the tomb was in danger everywhere, so I didn't dare to act rashly, so I took out a small chisel and scraped off the oil and wax carefully. After a while, the thing in the crack in the stone door gradually revealed its face , When I saw it, I couldn't help buzzing in my mind, and a word popped up in my heart: Nine lives and nine deadlocks.

I heard this term from Feng Guishou, who is an expert in research institutions.

It is said that this is the most powerful anti-theft mechanism in the Qin Dynasty. It is made of ninety-nine 81 fine copper ring heart locks, as small as a bee.The other end of the copper ring lock is implanted into the stone gate. Each copper ring lock is connected to a mechanism. Only with the corresponding key can the lock be opened.

However, due to the complexity of this ingenious technology, it was only a flash in the pan and then disappeared.At that time, there were only a handful of people who could really use this mechanism.When Xu Fu went to sea, he brought a large number of skilled craftsmen with him, and even placed such a mechanism in front of his tomb, just like a hedgehog with thorns, which made people unable to say anything.

Professor Lin and others didn't know how to do it. Seeing that I was dumbfounded, they asked what was going on.I wiped my face, and when I explained the doorway, Tofu said, "Where is the key?"

I shook my head, pointed to the ear chamber where the masked mute was, and said, "Most likely what he is looking for now is the key."

Duan Fei said: "Who is so stupid to set up a mechanism and leave the key for others to find? I think the key must be destroyed." She thought for a while, and suggested: "Why don't you use dynamite to blow it up? Let's hide outside, even if there is any mechanism, it won't hurt us."

Robot No. [-] nodded and said, "The explosives still work."

I couldn't stop smiling wryly, officials and robbers acted recklessly, without any scruples, but I didn't think about the ingenuity and wisdom of my ancestors.In many places, even with explosives, it is impossible to attack. This is the case with this kind of life-and-death lock.There is a mechanism among them, which is a mechanism to resist external forces. Once the lock is damaged and the mechanism is activated, the entire tomb will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

As for what the mechanism is, each is different, so I can't guess.

Tofu sighed: "This is not okay, and that is not okay. If we can't find the key, shall we just..."

I nodded, feeling quite heavy.If we can't find the key, our trip will be in vain.Hearing this, Tofu immediately grabbed my hand, limped towards the ear room, and said, "Don't be dazed, hurry up and find the key."

As soon as the words were finished, two people rushed out from the ear room, scrambling and running towards us, screaming like something happened.

Doufu hid behind me, and speculated, "Could it be that the corpse was blown up again? No, these people look awesome. The kid blew up the corpse, afraid of a ball." While speaking, another Fusang man ran away. When they came out, the three hurried out.

Followed by the masked mute, who cherished words like gold, he quickly ran out of the ear chamber, the black double knives at his waist had already come out, and from behind him, something flew out of the air.

When I took a closer look, I couldn't help being shocked. It was a naked, blue-covered child's corpse.

That thing can actually fly.

Those who fly from the corpse are flying dead.

According to legend, Flying Zombie is extremely domineering, can swallow clouds and breathe out fog, fly thousands of miles, and can't be hurt by swords.
I didn't expect that child's corpse to become a flying zombie, and I was horrified for a moment, knowing that the mute must have caused the flying zombie when he opened the coffin, so I couldn't help cursing secretly, but now I don't care so much now, the rest are still Shocked by the scene where zongzi could fly, I hurriedly shouted: "Run, get out of this place."

I already have experience in dealing with ordinary zongzi, so I'm not afraid, but I'm really not sure about such legendary things as flying zombies.But he saw that Fei Zang came out chasing the mute, and in an instant he got behind the mute, seeing a pair of sharp claws about to pass through his back.

At this moment, the mute rolled onto the ground and hid, as if he had eyes on his back.When he rolled, he just rolled onto the only way to leave the ceremony room, blocking our way of retreat.

Before he could get up, the flying zombie fell upside down, extremely fast, with both hands towards the ground, if it really succeeded, the mute's fate would be miserable.I thought to myself: If this talented dumb man dies, I'm afraid we won't have many chances to escape.Not to mention flying stiff, even that weird tomb passage can't pass.

Immediately, I didn't care about the national feud, and shouted: "Tofu, Professor Lin, Wen Min, Xiaofei, and Wu Sidong, you stay where you are." I looked at the four robots again and said, "Brothers, let's go."

Everyone knows the reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. The four robots immediately raised their guns to shoot at the flying zombie. Who knew that the flying zombie had once soaked in the mercury.

(End of this chapter)