Chapter 611 Lotus Arrow
Facts have proved that Chen Ziyan’s move was not unnecessary.
The guys who woke up later were dazzled by the porcelain as expected, but after listening to their companions describe the dangers hidden around them, they understood the importance of the dangers and immediately regained consciousness.
No matter how rich you are, if you don’t have the life to enjoy it, it is worthless. They know this truth better than anyone else.
After everyone is awake and regains their ability to move, Chen Ziyan plans to leave this ear room and start exploring other areas of the undersea tomb.
The situation here is clear at a glance, and there is no value in staying any longer.
Everyone came to the only door of the ear room. What they entered was a corridor built with white marble bricks. This corridor looked very simple, except for the lamp ditches on both sides and the lamp holders every one meter. , there are no other decorations.
You can see through the high beam of the searchlight that at the end of the corridor are three portals made of the same material, one large and two small, embedded side by side in the wall.
These three jade doors are all open, and it seems that someone has entered before.
Everyone looked at the corridor through the stone gate, but no one dared to walk up easily, because they all knew in their hearts that a stone road with nothing like this was the most likely environment for setting up traps.
Chen Ziyan looked at the ground and found that the floor of the corridor was paved with small pieces of white marble bricks. He knew something in his mind. He turned back to look at the guys behind him and asked:
"What's possible in this corridor?" It’s equipped with a crossbow mechanism, who’s going to check it out?”
He had learned this knowledge from Shirley Yang, and coupled with the records of Xieling inheritance, he could easily determine the type of mechanism.
Chen Ziyan did not choose to hide it, because it was useless, and there were some things that others might not be able to see, so he made the request straightforwardly.
Since there may be a mechanism hidden in the corridor, it is definitely impossible for everyone to enter together. That would be the most unwise choice.
The best and most appropriate way is to choose one to explore and test out a relatively safe route.
As for dismantling and destroying the mechanisms, Chen Ziyan has no hope. Most of the mechanisms in ancient tombs are hidden inside the buildings. If the building structure is not destroyed, there is no way to attack the main body of the mechanism. .
In fact, in Chen Ziyan's opinion, Tanlu, the living fox, is a good candidate, because not only does he have strong reflexes, but he also has a puppet body that is not afraid of damage, and he will not worry about putting his life in danger.
But Naihe's pathfinding job is a technical job, especially for this type of mechanism. Not only do you need to pay attention to the surrounding situation at all times, but you also have to consider the strength and speed of your footing in your heart, otherwise you will not be able to give other people a chance. For reference.
This is far beyond what Huahu can do, because its mind does not allow it to perform such a complicated operation.
"Mr. Chen, let me do it." After a short silence, a waiter took the initiative to stand up.
Chen Ziyan knew him. He was a retail investor in the team nicknamed "You Loach". He was famous for his agility on the road.
"Okay, I'll trouble you then."
Chen Ziyan naturally won't refuse, which is better than him forcing it.
After he responded, he stepped aside and gave up his position in front of the stone gate.
You Loach slowly walked into the corridor. It could be seen from his movements that every part of his body was tense, ready to dodge at any time.
Chen Ziyan also noticed that with every step this guy took, his toes landed first. Even when he stepped up, only half of his feet fell down, and the force was added little by little, not all at once. Just put all the weight on the floor tiles.
Judging from these details, it is clear that this 'You Loach' is not a name for nothing, and it is obvious that he has rich relevant experience.
But think about it, if he was not sure, he would not take the initiative to take on this relatively 'dangerous' path exploration task.
Looking at the loach moving a little bit, Chen Ziyan could somewhat understand what the other party was thinking. They had just entered the ancient tomb, and they met the strange forbidden woman and the small corpse wax that people could not ignore. There are footprints, and you might encounter something weird later.
They definitely can't do nothing. Compared with confronting those monsters head-on, exploring the road seems to be less dangerous.
Now that he has made a contribution, when he encounters something more dangerous, he can hide behind the team with peace of mind.
How to put it, this is also a kind of wisdom for survival.
Under the gaze of everyone, Youyi walked slowly for more than ten meters and arrived at the central area of the corridor.
Seeing that victory was in sight and the end was right in front of him, the moment You Loach took the next step, an imperceptible clicking sound suddenly sounded, and the stone bricks under his feet suddenly sank.
"Quickly retreat!"
Except for the nearest loach, only Chen Ziyan, whose hearing is far beyond ordinary people, heard the noise, realized something was wrong, and quickly warned.
You Loach also realized that something was wrong at this time, and he immediately wanted to turn around and retreat.
But before he could turn around, a series of whistling sounds resounded throughout the corridor. The people standing in the stone gate only saw white lights flashing past, and countless arrows shot from the walls on both sides. fly out.
In the blink of an eye, the loach's body was already covered with arrows.
After Chen Ziyan reminded You Loach, he subconsciously took a step back. When he looked over again, the man who took the initiative to explore the path had become a 'hedgehog'.
"I'm afraid it's hopeless. Those arrows seem to have penetrated two or three inches, and the diving suit can't stop them at all." A waiter looked at the arrows on the loach and said with an ugly expression.
Everyone who knows anything knows that two or three inches means that the arrow has completely entered the body. It would be okay if there were only one or two arrows, but now their companion must have at least thirty on his body. This level of injury Even if he was not killed on the spot, with the medical conditions they had at hand, there was no way to save him. The blood loss alone was enough to kill him.
"Wait, he seems to be fine?"
But as soon as the guy finished speaking, someone retorted.
At this time, everyone had a clear view of Youyi's current state. With arrows stuck all over his body, it would be no exaggeration to say that he had become a hedgehog.
But the strange thing is that his movements were not greatly affected, and he was about to run in front of them.
The next moment, the loach, covered with arrows, entered the ear chamber like an arrow ball.
"How do you feel?" Looking at the waiter in front of him, Chen Ziyan asked aloud, although he already had some guesses in his mind.
Only at this time did you understand what happened. He glanced at the arrow on his body and said in a daze: "I...I seem to be fine?"
Although there was a dull pain where the arrow hit him, he could tell that the pain was not an arrow wound.
After finishing speaking, Youyi realized something, and he said doubtfully: "There is something wrong with these arrows!"
At this time, he also realized that his situation was not what it seemed. serious. After all, this can be regarded as a low-end version of Ten Thousand Arrows Pierced Through the Heart. It makes no sense that it would only be a slight pain, so there must be something wrong with these arrows.
"Yes." Chen Ziyan nodded lightly, reached out to grab an arrow, and twisted it hard to pull it out of the loach, "Lotus arrows don't hurt people. ”
Then he showed the arrow in his hand to others, showing off the specially made arrowhead.
Others took a look with the help of the light and found that, as Chen Ziyan said, the arrow was a lotus head. The arrow had a special mechanism. When it hit something, the sharp part would retract and turn into Several iron hooks to bite the hit area.
The reason why it looked like the arrow had sunk into the body just now was because of the illusion caused by the lotus arrow.
“It almost scared me to death.” Youyi also pulled out an arrow and said happily looking at the special arrow.
At that moment, he really felt that he was dead.
"The tomb owner would be really naughty to come up with something like this." Dong Yanxia said with a playful expression while playing with the lotus arrow in his hand.
The mechanisms in ancient tombs have always been designed to be extremely lethal. After all, the tomb owner is eager to smash the bones of anyone who visits his resting place in the future.
Like this kind of joke, it has no lethality and is more like a prank. This is the first time he has encountered it.
It is difficult not to doubt the mental state of the tomb owner when he built this tomb.
"It's not necessarily bad taste..." Chen Ziyan held a different opinion: "This lotus arrow may not have direct lethality, but it does not mean that it has no other effects."
He has already remembered what the mechanism of this corridor is, but he does not think that these lotus arrows are useless.
Chen Ziyan thinks it is possible to joke with latecomers, but simply joking is not Wang Zanghai's style.
Remembering that in the original plot, there would be itching symptoms at the arrow-hit site, Chen Ziyan couldn't help but suspect that the function of these lotus arrows was to plant marks on people.
For example, the person who is hit by the arrow is contaminated with some kind of pheromone, so that the sea monkey and the forbidden woman, who are the tomb beasts, can track each other.
Compared to a simple crossbow mechanism, this method is undoubtedly more deadly.
After all, the Sea Monkey and the Forbidden Woman are not only difficult to deal with, but they are also able to move freely and can pose far more serious threats than so-called agencies.
"What is Mr. Chen's advice?" After hearing what Chen Ziyan said, someone immediately asked.
No one present was stupid. They knew what was being said and could not tell that Chen Ziyan was guessing.
"Remember our sea monkeys and those weird hairs we just met? I suspect the purpose of this lotus arrow is to plant a mark on the intruder." Chen Ziyan did not hide it either. He happily stated his guess.
As soon as he said these words, the people surrounding Youyi immediately stepped back and kept a safe distance from him.
As for the person involved, You Loi looked even more bitter. If it was true, as Chen Ziyan said, that the function of the lotus arrows was to identify human beings so that those weird monsters could track them, wouldn't it be very dangerous for him with so many arrows in his body?
“Let’s change into a diving suit.” Chen Ziyan saw him looking at her eagerly, and said after thinking for a while.
It is naturally impossible to abandon Youyao, but taking him with you is no different from being shot by everyone, so it is better to deal with this problem.
Fortunately, in order to prevent accidents, they brought a few extra diving suits as backup, and they just came in handy now.
The lotus arrow did not puncture the diving suit, so even if something was left behind, it would be on the surface of the suit. Even if changing clothes could not solve all the problems, it would still play a certain role.
After Youyu went aside to change into his diving suit anxiously, Chen Ziyan looked at the others: "The arrows in the mechanism should have been used up. Who among you will go there again?"
This is the only way forward for them. , if they want to enter the opposite door, they must pass through this corridor. They cannot stop here, so they have to try again.
After hearing what Chen Ziyan said, everyone looked at each other, but no one took the initiative to ask for help.
Although You Loi used personal experience to prove that the arrows shot by the tunnel mechanism were lotus arrows and would not cause direct damage, they were still worried about Chen Ziyan's speculation.
After all, no one wants to be targeted by those weird things.
You don't need to think about it to know that if the lotus arrows really plant some kind of mark, then when the strange creatures attack, the first person to be attacked will definitely be the person with the mark.
Chen Ziyan had expected this reaction, so he didn't rush it and just watched everyone quietly.
He hired them to do things. No matter what they thought, he still had to get things done in the end.
As for the rest, he doesn't care.
“I’ll do it.”
After a moment of silence, Yi Xiao's companion stood up.
The information about this person suddenly appeared in Chen Ziyan's mind, Ding An... Yi Xiao's companion, also came from a mysterious family.
But this is not important. The top priority now is to pass the corridor smoothly.
"Mr. Chen, I think you'd better come over and take a look."
Ding Ding'an just walked out of the stone door, his figure was frozen in place.
"Huh?" Chen Ziyan walked over in confusion and looked outside the stone door. The moment the scene in the corridor came into view, he understood why the other party asked him to come to see it.
Because now the corridor outside Shimen has completely changed its appearance.
Previously, the corridor was covered with scattered crossbow arrows because the mechanism was violated, but the corridor that appeared in front of us now was clean, without even the shadow of the crossbow arrows.
"Has the elevator started?" Seeing this scene, Chen Ziyan said in his heart.
He had been prepared for this scene, but he didn't expect it to happen so early.
Chen Ziyan, who knows the information about the undersea tomb, knows very well that the tomb is actually two floors, and some areas on the two floors will be randomly replaced. This is the so-called 'elevator mechanism'.
It’s just that he had always thought that this mechanism would only start to be triggered after they arrived at the tomb at the other end of the corridor. He didn’t expect that it would start now.
"Take precautions and see if the situation is the same." After a brief search, Chen Ziyan said to Ding An.
No matter whether the corridor in front of them has been replaced or not, they have to go and take a look, because in his plan, all areas of the undersea tomb must be visited, so any changes will not delay Ding An's mission.