Card Room

【Chapter 377, Mysterious mechanism】

Xiao Lou walked in front of the six walls one by one, carefully memorizing the spells on each wall in his mind.

He closed his eyes and carefully recalled the drawing methods of the six spells, and then used the voice headset to confirm with Gui Yuanzhang of the other team: "Senior, have you carefully read the spells in the secret room? Are there some pigs, cows, and sheep?" kind of livestock?"

Gui Yuanzhang said: "That's right."

Xiao Lou went on to say: "There are doors on one wall with spells drawn on them; one wall looks like young men and women dancing in sacrifice; one wall is ferocious ghosts; there are two walls, some are strange black patterns with no specific shape, and There are some spells painted bloody?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded: "Yes. The spells of the two secret rooms should be the same, and the opening method of the mechanism should be the same. Have you thought of the answer?"

The teammates held their breath, waiting for Xiao Lou's deduction in the earphones.

These spells are too scary to look at, especially one of the walls is covered with bloody spells, it feels like a cult, everyone doesn't know much about these, we can only hope that the team with the strongest puzzle solving ability Xiao Lou.

Hearing Gui Yuanzhang's confirmation, Xiao Lou took a deep breath, and said the answer after thinking: "This should be the six reincarnations."

Gui Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: "Six paths of reincarnation? Reincarnation in Buddhism?"

Xiao Lou nodded and explained to his teammates: "Buddhist teachings pay attention to reincarnation of cause and effect. After death, people will be reincarnated according to the good and evil in life. The six paths of reincarnation and the realm of hell. The spells on the six walls of the secret room should represent the six realms of reincarnation."

He walked to the wall where the door was painted: "The side of the door that is painted is the way of heaven and humanity. It is the best result for people who have done a lot of good deeds to reincarnate in the way of heaven and humanity; The human way, reincarnated as a human, equalize the merits and demerits, and reset everything; the wall painted with pigs, cows, and sheep is the way of animals; the one with ghosts is the way of hungry ghosts; It’s the magic way; the one with bloody spells is the most painful hell way, and these red colors probably symbolize the blood pool hell among the eighteen levels of hell.”

Everyone: "..."

After Xiao Lou's analysis and explanation of the chaotic spells, everyone finally understood their symbolic meaning.

Liu Qiao glanced across the six walls: "That is to say, from the realm of heaven and man to the realm of hell, the torment after reincarnation will become more and more terrible, and those who do evil will be sent to the 18th floor of hell?"

Xiao Loudao: "That's the way it is said, let me look at the spell on the medicine shed."

He stepped up to the medicine hut, leaned over and looked carefully at the six colored charms, and said, "Gold should be the color that symbolizes the way of heaven and humanity in Buddhism, and black symbolizes the way of hell. The order of the six walls is the same as that on the medicine hut. The order of the spells is the same; as long as the gold is aimed at the wall of the heaven and man, and the black is aimed at the wall of the hell, the whole medicine house will completely correspond to the six walls of the six reincarnations."

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Turn the medicine house?"

Xiao Lou: "Try it."

The one-meter-high medicinal shed was made of unknown material, and it was quite heavy. Yu Hanjiang, Lu Jiuchuan, and Lao Mo stepped forward and held a corner of the medicinal shed before turning it around with difficulty. In the other secret room, Gui Yuanzhang, Shao Qingge and Long Sen also moved the medicine house according to Xiao Lou's reasoning.

At the moment when the medicine house was facing each other, there was a loud "rumbling" sound in everyone's ears.

I saw a door on each of the six walls of the secret room. It was a stone door that could only allow one person to pass through. Behind the stone door was an identical narrow and long passage. From here, it was impossible to see what was behind the passage.

Ye Qi's voice came from next to his ears: "Which way are we going? We can't split up with 6 people, can we?"

Xiao Lou frowned - 12 people divided into two teams is currently the most scientific and reasonable configuration. If you divide up again, your teammates will be in danger instead. For example, Ye Qi, who has a poor sense of direction, will definitely get lost if he walks alone; and Shao Qingge, Long Sen and others do not have the ability to solve problems alone. A killer might be a dead end.

There must be no more divisions.

Six stone gates, which way should I go? This is a six-choice question.

The door on the wall symbolizing heaven and humanity sounds the least dangerous; while on the wall of hell, the bloody spells are terrifying at first glance. However, the way of heaven and humanity is really the exit, and the way of hell must be a dead end?

Xiao Lou calmed down and thought about it, and suggested: "Return to the seniors, you follow the way of heaven and humanity, and we follow the way of hell."

Hearing this, the teammates were startled at the same time—humane, animal, and hungry ghost, there are so many paths to choose from, why choose the gate of hell?

Xiao Lou explained: "The yin and yang mirror we got just now is the black yin side, which symbolizes the gate of death, and corresponds to the gate of hell. I guess, if we go to hell, there will be a way to survive instead?"

He looked at Yu Hanjiang, and for the first time there was a look of uncertainty in his eyes: "Of course, my guess may not be accurate every time. In case everyone is in danger when walking the hell, we... can also use Taohuayuan to teleport Withdraw. Would you like to give it a try?"

Meeting his worried gaze, Yu Hanjiang gently embraced Xiao Lou's shoulders, and said softly, "It's okay, even if you choose the wrong door, no one will blame you. There are so many forks in the maze, of course you must Take your time, it’s impossible to find the right exit in one go.”

Lu Jiuchuan also agreed: "Let's go to hell. Can this hell make us go to hell?"

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Yuanzhang heard their conversation and warned in a low voice: "Be careful."

"Senior, you should also be careful." Xiao Lou felt a little uneasy in his heart. He looked at the six walls and said, "Heaven and humanity, it sounds like a good place, safer, but it may not be really safe."

"Well, I know, I will contact you anytime if there is a situation." Gui Yuanzhang let go of the headset, and the two parties temporarily ended the voice call.

Having chosen a different door, from now on, the organs and scenes they encounter will be different.

Lao Mo took the handkerchief Liu Qiao gave him and quickly drew a picture with his hands. After passing the first entrance, they officially entered the maze. The east and west symmetrical ancient tombs have 6 exits in the tomb chambers on both sides, which means a total of 12 forks.

Walking through these 12 forks, maybe you will encounter more forks. It seems that the area of ​​this maze is larger than the revolving maze that Lao Mo often encountered before. Which way will lead to the final exit? no one knows.

As Yu Hanjiang said, walking the maze naturally has to be tried slowly. How can anyone be so lucky as to reach the exit in one go?

Xiao Lou took out the [Four Directions Arrow] card, and stuck a blue arrow on the door of the wall that symbolizes the way of hell to mark it.

Yu Hanjiang walked to the door and looked in - the passage was pitch black, and with the help of the light of the night pearl, one could see that it was a long and narrow cave, less than 1.7 meters high, and one had to bend down to move forward. The width was about 40 centimeters, and it could only Allow one person to pass, unable to walk side by side.

Moreover, Tang Ci's wheelchair couldn't get through such a narrow passage.

It is impossible for everyone to leave Tang Ci here alone...

Aware of this, Lu Jiuchuan leaned over and asked for advice in Tang Ci's ear: "Xiao Tang, why don't I carry you on my back?"

Tang Ci said blankly: "You still have injuries. My healing robot, although it can relieve the pain of the wound, but your injury has not fully healed. Walk with me on your back. Do you want the wound to burst again?"

Lao Mo had to draw a map of the maze while walking, and it was inconvenient to memorize it. Lu Jiuchuan wanted his younger brother Yu Hanjiang to help, but Liu Qiao said, "If Mr. Tang doesn't mind, I can use the [Thumbelina] card to make you smaller."

Tang Ci remembered her card, which could turn people into the size of a thumb, making it easy for teammates to carry in their pockets.

The aisle is too narrow, and it is really inconvenient for his wheelchair to get in. Besides, if the road behind has many curves or uphill and downhill, it will be even more difficult for the wheelchair to walk. Tang Ci didn't hesitate any longer, and nodded calmly: "Thank you."

Liu Qiao's fingertips flashed a golden light, and the card's effect was triggered.

Everyone saw that Tang Ci suddenly disappeared, and a Mr. Tang appeared on the wheelchair... the size of a thumb.

Lu Jiuchuan curiously held the shrunken Tang Ci in his hand, took a closer look in front of him, and said with a smile: "This card is a bit interesting, and it's much cuter after it gets smaller. I'll put away your wheelchair for you first, and you can sit on it." In my pocket."

Before Tang Ci agreed, Lu Jiuchuan picked up Tang Ci, put it in his shirt pocket, and put away the smart wheelchair card.

Tang Ci, who was stuffed into his pocket, put his hands on Lu Jiuchuan's pocket to reveal his head, the expression on his face was still very calm: "Let's go."

Lu Jiuchuan looked down at the little figure on his chest, and joked, "Have I become your mount?"

Tang Ci said lightly: "How about you summon your lion and let it carry me away?"

Lu Jiuchuan smiled: "Let me take you. Lions have no IQ. If you fall down and trample to death, you will die too unjustly."

Tang Ci: "..."

Can I have another pocket?

Lu Jiuchuan gently helped Tang Ci with his fingers, let Tang Ci lie in his pocket a little more, and walked slowly to the door.

Yu Hanjiang looked at his elder brother: "Brother, I will take the lead, and you are in charge of the rear?"

Lu Jiuchuan had no objection: "Okay."

The person who takes the lead will be more dangerous, because once there is a mechanism ahead, he will be the first to be recruited. Fortunately, Tang Ci's mechanical ants can be used to find the way. If there is a trigger mechanism for stepping on the ground, let the ants try it first.

Tang Ci released the ants, and the two mechanical ants disappeared into the dark corridor in an instant.

Yu Hanjiang picked up the Ye Mingzhu, bent down and walked into the gate of hell first.

The height of the passage is only 1.7 meters, and the two brothers Yu Hanjiang and Lu Jiuchuan, who are more than 1.85 meters tall and relatively strong, can only grope forward slowly with their waists bent. Relatively speaking, Xiao Lou is thinner, and it is much easier to walk through this passage.

Liu Qiao is the most comfortable. She is less than 1.7 meters tall and doesn't need to bend over.

This passage is a bit like a cave, with many uneven stones on the walls, the road is slippery, and the water comes from nowhere.

Yu Hanjiang held the Ye Mingzhu in his left hand to illuminate the front, and naturally stretched out his right hand, gently took Xiao Lou's hand, and said in a low voice, "Be careful where you step, the road here is very slippery."

They walked in the front. In the darkness, the teammates did not see Yu Hanjiang's movements.

Sensing the familiar warmth from his hands, Xiao Lou's heart warmed slightly, and he said, "It's okay, everyone, walk slowly."

The passage is nearly 100 meters long, narrow and slippery, and you will fall if you don't pay attention.

The uneven stones on the surrounding walls may cause a concussion once you hit your head, so everyone walked very cautiously during this journey, and moved out slowly step by step.

After walking for about 5 minutes, Yu Hanjiang's eyes suddenly opened up.

Stepping on a flat stone slab under the feet, the space is obviously much larger, which can accommodate several people walking side by side.

The light here seems to be brighter, and the number of night pearls in everyone's hands has not increased. The reason for the brighter light is that some light suddenly appeared in the distance. The faint blue fire light floats in the air, making the whole environment look extraordinarily weird and gloomy .

Lao Mo had just finished drawing the curved cave map, and he couldn't help but startled when he saw the picture in front of him: "This is... a ghost fire?"

It's really like a scene from a ghost movie.

Xiao Lou said calmly: "It may be a visual illusion, or it may be phosphorous fire. I heard that in ancient tombs, some phosphorous powder often appears, which is easy to float and burn in the air, and it looks like nothingness. ghost fire."

Liu Qiao echoed: "Phosphorus is a kind of chemical substance that is easy to spontaneously combust. Ancient witches and wizards often used these things to scare people. Don't worry, these floating 'wild fires' should be phosphorous powder that spontaneously combusts and does not have any offensive properties." force."

Hearing the explanation of the two science students, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, suddenly seeing a lot of blue flames floating around in the pitch-black environment really makes one's spine creepy, not to mention that the road they are walking is still in hell, who knows if the gatekeepers will arrange some ghosts to scare them?

At this moment, Yu Hanjiang suddenly whispered, "There are patterns on the wall."

He is in charge of taking the lead, so every time he takes a step, he will use Ye Mingzhu to observe the environment under his feet, above his head, left and right.

When shining the luminous pearl on the wall, Yu Hanjiang discovered some strange patterns—unlike the uniform cloud patterns on the wall bricks before, this time the patterns are very rich, like a lifelike picture scroll.

Xiao Lou walked up to him and took a closer look.

The first picture depicts a person being tortured in an oil pan. The distorted face and terrified eyes of that person made Xiao Lou's scalp tingle.

Liu Qiao's voice sounded next to his ear: "There are also patterns here."

Xiao Lou looked back to the right side of the wall, and saw a person being framed on a hot copper pillar and roasted to death.

Lu Jiuchuan couldn't help frowning after seeing these pictures: "These are the punishments of hell, right? It looks miserable."

Yu Hanjiang led everyone to move on.

The surrounding walls are full of cruel masochistic pictures——

Someone was thrown into a blood pool that was bubbling with blood, and the whole body was slowly corroded by the blood until only a pile of white bones remained...

Someone had their tongue pulled out; someone had ten fingers cut off; someone was hung upside down on an iron tree with sharp iron pieces piercing their body, waiting for the blood to drain drop by drop...

Someone is struggling to climb a mountain. The mountain is full of sharp knives. Every step of the way, the whole body will be cut by knives...

The more everyone looked at it, the more their scalps became numb.

Aren't these tortures the eighteen levels of hell in myths and legends?

Xiao Lou's expression was particularly dignified. Before he walked through the long passage and finished watching the last painting, he said softly: "The paintings on the murals are all the tortures in hell, such as tongue-pulling hell, scissors hell, iron tree hell, There are also steamers, copper pillars, mountains of knives, ice, pans of oil, pools of blood, volcanoes, giant knives, etc., and the tortures of the eighteen hells in myths and legends are all the same.”

Those hideous and terrifying murals and the will-o'-the-wisps floating around gave the six people a chill in their hearts.

Is this hell path really on the right track?

Tang Ci's voice came from Lu Jiuchuan's pocket. Because the person was reduced in size, his volume was also reduced, but it was very clear in the quiet space. He said calmly: "Are these murals? Are you warning us that if we continue to go forward, we will also experience these eighteen kinds of hell torture?"

The faces of everyone changed suddenly - Tang Ci's concerns were very likely.

After all, they are walking in hell!

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and they nodded in tacit understanding. Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice: "Since we're here, we can't give up halfway. I want to see what secrets are hidden in this hell."

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【Chapter 378, The Way of Heaven and Humanity】

At the same time, the team led by Gui Yuanzhang entered the gate of "Tale of Heaven and Humanity".

The scene behind this door surprised everyone.

After about 50 meters of dark, narrow passages, they came to a spacious palace.

In the palace the size of a basketball court, there are many bronze "Buddha statues" of different shapes, and around the Buddha statues, a whole circle of ever-burning lamps are lit, making the entire hall brightly lit.

In front of each Buddha statue is a cushion and an incense burner, apparently for kowtow and incense.

Everyone took a closer look—I saw that some of these Buddha statues were sitting on a deer; some were holding beads in their hands; Those with elephants, those with lions, those with open arms, those with hands raised, those with heads down in thought, those with ears, those with cloth bags on their backs, those with banana fans, those with eyebrows as long as beards...

Bronze statues of various shapes are placed in a ring in the hall, which looks very lively.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay.

The hall is closed and there is no obvious exit. At this time, there are two choices. The first is that they have encountered a dead end, and they have to go back to find another exit; the second is to find the mechanism hidden in the hall and open another door. The door to the deeper part of the maze.

Obviously, the second possibility is more likely.

Ye Qi scratched his head and looked at these Buddha statues: "These Buddhist statues, I only know 'Guanyin Bodhisattva' and 'Tathagata Buddha' in "Journey to the West", I don't know these at all... Do you know them?"

"Not familiar." Shao Qing shrugged

shrugged. He is an atheist, and in reality he set up a fund company. He believes that the key to a person's success lies in his own hard work, not the blessing of God, so he never goes to offer incense when passing by temples. Like Ye Qi, he only knew Tathagata and Avalokitesvara in the Western "Travel Notes" he had read in his childhood, and he didn't know the other gods at all.

Fortunately, Gui Yuanzhang recognized these bronze statues, and he said: "The bronze statues in this hall are the 'Eighteen Arhats' in Buddhism, like this one with a deer next to it, it is called Sitting Deer Arhat; this one is a meditation Arhat , This is ear-digging Arhat, cloth bag Arhat, plantain Arhat, laughing lion Arhat, crossing the river Arhat..."

A total of 18 arhats, Gui Yuanzhang actually called out the names of all arhats in one breath.

Chu Huaying glanced at him unexpectedly: "Old Gui, do you still believe in Buddhism?"

Gui Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Some things, if you believe in them, you have them, and if you don't believe them, you don't have them."

He didn't answer directly, but Shao Qingge felt that this old man obviously believed in Buddhism, how could ordinary people clearly call out the names of the Eighteen Arhats? Moreover, when Xiao Lou mentioned the "Six Paths of Reincarnation" just now, Senior Gui obviously knew about it.

Shao Qingge looked at Gui Yuanzhang: "Senior, do you have a solution to the mechanism of this secret room?"

Gui Yuanzhang said in a low voice: "The 'gods' in Buddhism, from low to high, are Arhats, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhas. We have only met the eighteen Arhats now. I guess, after unlocking this secret room, there will be more secret rooms in the next one." It is possible to meet Bodhisattvas of higher status, or even Buddha. According to the theory of the Six Realms of Reincarnation, those who can enter the "Heaven and Human Way" are those who have done a lot of good deeds during their lifetime. Therefore, in theory, this secret room should not be too dangerous organ."

After he finished speaking, he took a step forward and knelt down on the soft cushion with a calm expression.

The other teammates did not dare to move, and all looked at him. I saw Gui Yuanzhang put his hands together, bowed to the bronze statue in front of him, then got up, and knelt down again...

After performing three kneeling and three prostrations, the bronze statue of Arhat in front of him suddenly turned slightly.

The teammates were overjoyed.

Ye Qi couldn't help whispering: "It seems that the mechanism solution of this secret room is to kneel and worship Buddha?"

Gui Yuanzhang nodded and said, "Press-type mechanism."

Long Sen and Qu Wanyue looked at each other, they had been embarrassed to talk, and after hearing this, Qu Wanyue asked softly: "Senior, Eighteen Arhats, do you have to kneel down and worship each other?"

Gui Yuanzhang said lightly: "It's likely to be like this, let's split up."

The teammates had no choice but to quickly kneel in front of different Buddha statues, imitating Gui Yuanzhang's three kneeling and three worshiping movements.

There should be a sensor mechanism under each mat. After kneeling down, the corresponding bronze statue will rotate a little bit...

After the six people quickly finished worshiping the eighteen arhats, a golden light flashed in front of their eyes, and a melodious Sanskrit sound came from their ears at the same time, and they could smell a kind of sandalwood that seemed to come from a Buddhist hall.

The eighteen arhats moved their positions, and a door opened behind them. The wide corridor was covered with red carpets, and there were always lights on both sides.

There is enough light here, and everyone doesn't even need Ye Mingzhu.

Gui Yuanzhang stood up and said, "Everyone, go ahead, Xiaoye, report to Professor Xiao about our situation."

Ye Qi nodded, pressed the headset and said to the other team: "Professor Xiao, how is the progress on your side? We came across a... a place similar to a Buddhist hall. The way is to kneel down and worship the Buddha statue. We have unlocked the mechanism and are going to continue walking in."

After hearing Ye Qi's voice, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other.

The scene in front of them sent a chill down the spine of the six people.

Xiao Lou thought in his heart, there are eighteen arhats on your side, but eighteen hells on our side.

In front of you, it is the first level of the eighteen levels of hell - Tongue Pulling Hell.

The walls of the entire room are covered with tongues of different lengths, this picture is simply tingling!

Xiao Lou just wanted to speak, but found that he couldn't make any sound.

At the same time, Yu Hanjiang, Lao Mo, Liu Qiao, Lu Jiuchuan, and Tang Ci were in the same situation—everyone opened their mouths and tried hard to speak, but found that they had completely lost their voices!

Lu Jiuchuan pointed to his mouth with a sullen face, and then pointed to the tongue on the wall. The meaning was obvious—since it was tongue-pulling hell, everyone would also be affected by the punishment of hell and temporarily lose the ability to speak.

Yu Hanjiang nodded to his elder brother and made a "go quickly" gesture.

Ye Qi still asked in the voice headset: "Professor Xiao, what's the situation with you? Can you hear me?"

If there is no response for a long time, it will make the teammates on the opposite side worry.

In desperation, Xiao Lou directly summoned Qin Guan, inviting him to connect with Ye Qi.

Ye Qi was startled when he received the invitation, and immediately connected.

Immediately afterwards, Xiao Lou's voice came from his mind: "Our side is the eighteen hells, and now we have reached the tongue-pulling hell on the first floor, and we can't speak. Tell Senior Gui to be careful, this maze Here, there are likely to be phantoms everywhere."

Ye Qi was taken aback, and immediately reported the situation to Gui Yuanzhang: "They have entered the tongue-pulling hell, and no one can speak!"

Gui Yuanzhang frowned, pressed the earphones and said, "A real scene of hell actually appeared... You must be more careful. In order not to distract you, I will not contact you for the time being. If you are in danger, just withdraw to Taohuayuan."

As soon as Gui Yuanzhang finished speaking, Xiao Lou's waist tightened suddenly.

The next moment, Yu Hanjiang stretched out his long arms and directly brought Xiao Lou into his arms.",