Chapter 4 Routine
Zhao Shucheng looked at the others who had been attracted by Kunlun Divine Wood and Corpse Fragrance Konjac, nodded, and said, "Of course there is another channel."
Wang Kaixuan asked curiously: "No, why do you think so?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Fatty, ask you a question."
"Okay, ask!"
"The mural we saw in Prince Gumo's tomb said that after Queen Jingjue died, the kingdom and slaves ruled by Queen Jingjue rebelled and killed the people of the Kingdom of Jingjue. So do you think they want to crush Queen Jingjue's bones and expel them from the ashes?"
Wang Kaixuan was stunned for a moment and said, "This is not impossible. After all, if I were replaced by me, I would definitely do this, but what does this have to do with another channel?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "You have said it well, so if Jingjue Kingdom is in a crisis of life and death, will it choose to retreat into the underground palace and resist stubbornly?"
"It should be?" Wang Kaixuan hesitated a little.
"Since that's the case, then you say, if you are resisting this place, this place where there are thousands of men who can't be opened, and with the protection of Jingjian Ahan, how many people do you think can walk to the coffin of Queen Jingjue?"
"Maybe they saw that there was no hope and left?"
Zhao Shucheng shook his head and said, "We don't think those people will give Jingjue Kingdom a chance to revive, so they will definitely prepare early."
As he said that, Zhao Shucheng seemed to have noticed something, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and said, "You must know that the construction of ancient imperial tombs was the most dangerous work. The moment these tombs were completed, that is, the moment their lives ended. After all, only dead people can keep the secret."
"Since you know that this is the case, then these workers who build the tombs will naturally find ways to leave a way out for themselves. This is also something that many imperial tombs will have, but they will not be known easily. Moreover, the Jingjue Kingdom implements high-pressure rule on slaves and people from other kingdoms. Those who come to build the tombs must be slaves and people from other kingdoms. They will not think that the Jingjue Queen will let them live. So self-rescue is what they must do, so it is natural to have another channel."
"The reason why the Jingjue Kingdom was extinct was because the slaves who escaped from the passage brought the rebels into this place from another passage, so as to cooperate with the inside and outside, and eliminate the final resistance of the Jingjue Kingdom."
After hearing this, Wang Kaixuan thought about it and found that it was reasonable and asked: "Then have you found the channel?"
"Of course, it's here, but it's not yet time to open it, Lao Hu and the others are too close."
It turned out that when Zhao Shucheng was chatting with Wang Kaixuan, the others had already made an appointment with two people, and they almost had to contact Kunlun Divine Wood and Corpse Incense Konjac.
"Professor!" In the eyes of Hu Bayi and others, Xiao Sa and Xiao Chu pointed at Kunlun Shenmu and said, "The stone platform seems to have ghost cave words engraved. Kunlun Shenmu, as the coffin of the Queen of Jingjue, must have important information about Jingjue Ancient City on it. Let's copy it down."
As they said without waiting for the others to say anything, the two walked straight to the front, unbuttoned the climbing rope on their bodies, and walked directly to the stone beam. However, the two of them did not copy the text, but instead walked towards the corpse-scented konjac step by step.
Although Hu Bayi was also caught in the illusion, his IQ was still online. He noticed something was wrong and said, "It's wrong!"
Although Wang Kaixuan had a little weak legs, he saw Hu Bayi's face pale and asked worriedly: "Old Hu, what's wrong with you? What's wrong with you?"
"I don't know, I just feel something is wrong."
"What's wrong, what's going on?"
Hu Bayi shone the flashlight in front and said, "I can't explain it clearly, but in short, I feel that everything is wrong."
When Zhao Shucheng saw Hu Bayi, he wanted to untie the rope to find Xiao Sa and Chu Jian. He held Hu Bayi's hand and said, "Fatty, can you see the ghost cave text on the stone beam?"
The fat man was stunned for a moment, looked at the stone beam in the distance, and said, "Is there any text on it? It's so dark that I can't see anything, right?"
"Old Hu, Shirley, where are you?"
Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang came to their senses when they came to their senses when they came to their senses, looked at the stone beam in the distance, and said, "I really can't see clearly after saying this, but just now..."
Zhao Shucheng said, "You said it was just now. Do you think you really saw it just now, or did you see it because of Xiaosa and Xiao Chu's words?"
Hu Bayi looked at Zhao Shucheng with some confusion and asked, "Master Zhao, don't be a fool, what's going on?"
As he was talking, Hu Bayi suddenly heard the movement on the stone beam and saw Sardin Peng suddenly hit Chu Jian’s head with the flashlight in his hand, then pushed Chu Jian down from the stone beam and fell into the bottomless abyss.
Then Sadi Peng suddenly became crazy, sneering and knocking on his head with a flashlight, then fell directly in front of the corpse fragrance konjac.
When Professor Chen saw this scene, he suddenly lost control and said, "Xiao Sa, Xiao Chu! How could this happen? They are the best and best friends..."
As he said that, Professor Chen seemed to be unable to withstand such a blow and fainted directly.
Hu Bayi was a little worried when he saw it and said, "Master Zhao, what's wrong? You know that the situation is wrong, why don't you let us save them?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Old Hu, Shirley, haven't you noticed something is wrong yet? Think about what happened along the way, why do you turn a blind eye to the stone bridge? Even if the fat man said, would you not be able to see this passage?"
"What do you mean?" asked Shirley Yang.
"The meaning is very simple. Since entering the underground passage, all of us have been immersed in illusions, and what we see is not necessarily true."
Seeing Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang disbelief, Zhao Shucheng pointed to Professor Chen and said, "You still remember where Xiaosa and Xiaochu are. They untied the climbing rope, why did the rope change at all. After Professor Chen fainted, the rope was pulling us, and we could feel the power. Did you feel it just now when they untied the rope?"
"But this is not a reason to refuse to save you."
"But who said Xiao Sa and the others are here? Don't forget that Professor Hao Aiguo and Xiao Sa should have been outside archaeological research, and even Ye Yixin was the same, but they chased after him without any effort. Have you ever doubted it at all?"
Hearing Zhao Shucheng say this, Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang suddenly came to their senses. They looked at Hao Aiguo and the sad Ye Yixin who were taking care of Professor Chen not far away, but they could never think that they really didn't exist.
"Master Zhao, just say it directly, we really can't guess."
"Okay, corpse-scented konjac can not only make people's body rot. It is also the legend that there is the soul of an evil ghost. If a living person approaches, his body will be taken away by an evil ghost and become his slavery."
Zhao Shucheng said, pointing at the corpse fragrance konjac and said, "Then the question is, does the soul of an evil ghost really exist in the corpse fragrance konjac really have an evil spirit, or can it make people illusions unknowingly? We have never seen the soul, and even the ghosts are only circulated in some stories. Let's just act as if it does not exist. If you want people to enter the illusion, it can only be the hallucinations caused by people's poisoning, such as poisonous mushrooms, or some flower fragrances."
"The corpse fragrance konjac has existed in this cave for thousands of years, and it has blossomed and blossomed again. The cave has long been filled with its fragrance of flowers. It even entered the underground passage with the Qianjin Gate being destroyed. So we had hallucinations after entering and did not notice any strangeness along the way. Of course, except for the fat man and me."
"Wait a minute, you said we were all hit by the illusion, but we didn't find anything wrong with it all the way?" Shirley Yang seemed to not believe Zhao Shucheng's words and retorted.
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Isn't there really not?"
Hu Bayi stopped Shirley Yang, who was still trying to argue with Zhao Shucheng, and said, "It's indeed something wrong. The stone bridge that Fatty discovered was not seen by so many of us, only Fatty saw it at a glance, and the same is true for this path, which is something wrong in itself."
Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "Yes, it seems that even if you are hit by an illusion, at least you have not lost your brain yet, and you can still think normally."
Hu Bayi asked: "But why are you two okay? You have some mysterious methods that are understandable, what about fat people?"
The fat man looked at Hu Bayi with some displeasure and said, "Old Hu, what do you mean?"
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "The fat man was actually caught in the illusion, but he carried the jade pendant of Jingjue Kingdom with him, so some things that cannot be eliminated can be discovered by the fat man. However, this illusion seems to be set according to each person's desire, which can be greed or other aspects. For example, in the underground before, you saw gold, silver and jewelry everywhere, and Professor Chen saw various precious Western cultural relics, while those who did not have illusion saw fragments of bones, occasionally mixed with a little bit of gold, silver and jewelry."
Hearing Zhao Shucheng say this, Wang Kaixuan suddenly thought of something, looked at Zhao Shucheng with a bad face and said, "Master Zhao, don't tell me, the jewelry I held in my hand before and the photos I took were all fake."
Zhao Shucheng nodded and said, "I didn't expect that you boy had such a strong appetite. He held a snake bone as a pearl or even a finger bone as a gold coin. Fortunately, he didn't stuff it into his mouth, otherwise..."
The fat man seemed to be able to imagine that scene. He immediately covered his mouth, retching twice, and said, "Stop talking."
Hu Bayi had a stronger ability to accept and said, "What should we do now? We are so illusory that we can't tell you, and we will let us return the same way, right?"
Shirley Yang said: "Yes, my purpose is to find this place. I even dreamed of it before, and even walked along the stone pier to the front of the Queen Jingjue coffin. If I hadn't arrived here, I would only think that I had thought about it day and night, but now it's the same as in my dreams, and I must solve this doubt."
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "It's not impossible to solve this doubt, but you can't go like this. The illusion of corpse fragrance konjac is not that simple. At the beginning, it was far away, just letting you walk in the illusion, but as you get closer, the fragrance of flowers will become more and more intense, and you will fall into the illusion. Therefore, if you want to get close to Queen Jingjue's coffin, the first thing is to solve the corpse fragrance konjac, and it has to be solved by cutting weeds and roots to keep the illusion in the current situation."
"If you say this, the closer the distance is, the more powerful the illusion is, how can we get closer?"
Zhao Shucheng said: "I said that the illusion varies from person to person, the slightest part of the fat man, and I am basically not affected by the aroma of the corpse fragrance konjac, so we are the most suitable candidates."
As he said that, Zhao Shucheng pulled the fat man, unbuttoned the climbing rope on his body, and walked step by step towards the front.
The fat man said uncomfortable: "No, Mr. Zhao, you can just go by yourself. Why do you pull me? I am afraid of heights, and I am not someone who can withstand temptation."
Zhao Shucheng smiled and said, "Don't worry, with me here, you just need to watch it."
While talking to Wang Kaixuan, Zhao Shucheng came to the stone beam and saw the corpse fragrance and konjac emitting light, and it seemed to be shrinking and squirming, as if it was about to bloom.
Zhao Shucheng would not give Zixiang Konjac too much time. He took out the scimitar behind him and slashed it on Zixiang Konjac in an instant. He threw the flowers off the stone beam first and fell into the bottomless abyss. Following Zhao Shucheng and Wang Fatty, he directly used an engineer shovel to cut the weeds and roots against Zixiang Konjac, and threw them into the ghost cave.
As the corpse fragrance and konjac fell into the ghost cave, the others were in a daze and then a little awakened.
Hu Bayi was particularly obvious. He glanced around him. Hao Aiguo and Ye Yixin, who were still taking care of Professor Chen, were gone. The body of Sardini Peng, who was still at Zhao Shucheng's feet, disappeared out of thin air.
Hu Bayi and Shirley Yang looked at Zhao Shucheng in horror and asked: "What's going on? Could it be that Professor Hao and Xiao Sa really fantasized by us?"
Zhao Shucheng looked at the few people who were still stunned and said, "What are you waiting for? You don't want to come and have a look. Hurry up, we must leave immediately."
Hu Bayi and others supported Professor Chen and came to the stone beam. They looked at Queen Jingjue's coffin close up with iron chains tied on it, which seemed not easy to open.
Zhao Shucheng did not pay much attention to Queen Jingjue's coffin. Since the corpse fragrance konjac was cut off, Zhao Shucheng felt a deep malice. The sense of crisis that could be felt outside Jingjue Ancient City before, but after entering the underground passage, it suddenly appeared and disappeared. Originally, Zhao Shucheng thought the crisis had been eliminated, but unexpectedly it was covered up by the corpse fragrance konjac.
Chapter completed!