Chapter 046 Assists

Luo Jianfen suddenly mentioned before that what happened in the basement was not necessarily the work of Institute 735. I just thought she was trying to excuse herself, but after thinking about it carefully, I became shaken.

First of all, the strange things in this basement cannot be described as "man-made experiments". It is obvious that there are masters behind it. Compared to the unknown underground laboratory, this place can be described as a "bureau". Since ancient times, the art of Feng Shui has been used by good people to prosper, and when used by evil people, it will be useless. The more we go in, the more uneasy we become, and this intuition in my heart becomes more and more firm.

Ou Lan mentioned the clue about the floating corpse courtyard, and now it seems that it is indeed very accurate.

But why Ye Heping disappeared and what it has to do with the floating corpse courtyard, I have no idea.

This is like the two ends of a scale. Yeheping is the weight and the floating corpse courtyard is the lever of the scale. But what is in the tray at the other end?

I have a big hello in my heart.

"Maybe there's a dark secret in this!"

"And the secret is at the end."

Although I didn't know what the black shadow was, or it might be my imagination, I still walked forward unconsciously. Luo Jianfen followed me, still a little nervous.

"What exactly is that?" Luo Jianfen asked.

"How would I know?"

We walked forward for about twenty minutes. At this time, the scene in front of me opened my eyes.

I saw that the original building structure of the basement had completely disappeared, and was replaced by a spacious cave hall. This cave hall looked like it was created by nature, and then added artificial construction. Judging from the age, it doesn't look like a product of modern civilization.

"This..." Luo Jianfen looked at the cave hall in front of him in surprise and was speechless for a long time, "I have never heard of such a place in this basement."

"It's getting more and more interesting. It seems that this place hides a lot of secrets, even your 735th institute is kept secret."

"Look at this cave hall, these traces of digging..." Luo Jianfen looked at the traces on it.

"I'm afraid this cave existed during the Spring and Autumn Period."

"So the entire basement was built to merge with the cave."

"I'm afraid that's true. In this case, there may be far more secrets in this basement than we know."

"Is the previous experimental base just to deceive others?" Luo Jianfen's bold guess coincided with mine.

"Heroes think alike!"

"If I guessed correctly, this cave hall should be a cemetery." I said, "And it doesn't look like a cemetery in a small country."

"how to say?"

At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Zhou royal family declined, and more than a hundred small countries in the Central Plains were in charge of their own affairs. It was also from this time on that the royal families of some small countries who were well-fed and thought of lust began to be convinced of the impact of tombs on future generations and even the rise and fall of the country. They began to blindly pin their hopes for the prosperity of the country on the tombs of princes and did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire them. Some "talented" folk participated in the design and construction of tombs, and many folk magicians made a fortune as a result, including some "treasury killers". Many small countries had empty treasury due to the construction of large tombs, and other countries took advantage of this opportunity. Done.

Most of the royal tombs in the early Spring and Autumn Period were "box tombs", that is, the surroundings of the tomb were straight up and down, like a box. The weight of the earth above the entire tomb was borne by the wooden pillars in the tomb. In a short period of time, this design could indeed gather a large number of tombs. The Yin Qi ensures that the body of the tomb owner does not rot, but it will easily collapse over time, not to mention if there is an earthquake. In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Bian Ji, a native of Chen State, invented a kind of "bucket tomb". The area on the ground was about the same as that of a "box tomb", but the walls of the tomb chamber were sloping downwards, and the entire tomb chamber was like a "bucket tomb" for scooping rice. Like the "Dou", compared with the "Box Tomb", the load-bearing design of the "Dou Tomb" has changed from pillars to a wooden frame structure, which has been qualitatively improved in many aspects such as load-bearing capacity, corrosion resistance and earthquake resistance, and The construction volume is small and the cost is low. In addition, the "douban tomb" also has a feature that the "box tomb" does not have, which is that it can use the special structure of the four inclined walls to quickly dissipate the resentment of the deceased. I don't know if it is " "Bian Ji" is really ahead of his time, or he just made a mistake with the original intention of saving time and effort, but in any case, in that era when there was no such thing as "transcendence", the advantage of "removing grudges" is undoubtedly for the royal family. It's a huge temptation. After that, the "box tombs" that were laborious and costly were quickly eliminated, while the high-quality and low-priced "doubled tombs" remained popular until the Later Han Dynasty. It was even said that tomb robbers in the Central Plains region called their trade "doubled tombs."

"You mean, this is a tomb?" Luo Jianfen asked.

"This is just my guess. In later generations, with the unification of the Central Plains, the improvement of comprehensive national strength and productivity of various dynasties and generations, the development of construction technology, and the final unification of Taoism and Yinzhai Feng Shui theory, the design concept of tombs gradually faded out. into people’s horizons.”

"But in the Taoist circle, the accidental function of the tomb to spread resentment has not been forgotten. Since the structure with a large top and a small bottom can spread resentment, can the structure with a small top and a large bottom be able to seal away injustice? It is said that in the early Tang Dynasty, an ancient tomb was robbed in Ankang, Shaanxi Province. Because the tomb was located in the Juyin Pond, the resentful spirits were raging and no one could cure it. Later, a Taoist named Chai Fang guided the people at noon to transform the ancient tomb into a A tomb was made in reverse and a large amount of Yin stone powder was placed at the bottom of the tomb. As expected, the evildoers no longer appeared. After that, many people used the same method to cure the evildoers."

Facts have proved that the reverse "tomb fighting" indeed has the opposite function. By the early Ming Dynasty, a type of tomb called "trumpet urn" became popular. However, due to the large amount of work, not many people actually use it in specific rituals.

At this moment, I suddenly saw a dark figure in the corner of the cave hall, squatting there motionless.

As soon as I saw the black figure squatting on the ground, an ominous cloud immediately passed through my mind.

This crypt was originally a tomb, and there would be no old man in it. Looking at him smacking his cheeks and winking, with gray hair all over his head, he was actually in his twilight years.

"No, this must be an evil spirit!" Luo Jianfen was extremely agile, and his moves were as fast as the wind. When he saw the black shadow, he was naturally merciless and acted first.

As he spoke, his right arm shook, and three flying knives that had already been clasped in his palm were sent out, whining and breaking the wind, directly towards the weird old man.

When I was wondering, I saw that Luo Jianfen had already killed him, and I knew that there was no way out. Besides, there was absolutely no way that there was a third person in the cave. If there was, it could only be the person who kidnapped Ye Heping.

Although Luo Jianfen's flying knives were fast, they were not accurate in the darkness, and all three flying knives missed their target. I cautiously took a closer look and found that the dark figure in the corner looked haggard, with shriveled and wrinkled skin, and his beard and eyebrows were as white as frost and snow. He looked like he was hundreds of years old, so I blew him a puff of air, fearing that the oil would be gone. The lamp withered and died on the spot.

To be precise, he might be a dead man, because he never moved. Even when Luo Jianfen's flying knife came, he didn't dodge.

"Be careful!" Luo Jianfen reminded from the side.

I glanced around with the sharp eyes of a nighthawk and saw a coffin that was out of tune with this era lying aside. The lid of the coffin was opened and there was nothing inside.

The terrain in the tomb is complex, and behind the old man is a blind corner that cannot be illuminated by light. I was afraid that there was something strange hidden in it, so I did not dare to get closer. However, Luo Jianfen unexpectedly took two more steps inside. I hurriedly shouted to her, " Don’t go there!”

But the warning came too late, as a pair of eyes flickering like candles suddenly appeared in the darkness, a claw protruded from his armpit, and clasped at Luo Jianfen's wrist as fast as lightning.

Luo Jianfen's beauty turned pale, she exclaimed, and hurriedly withdrew her hands to dodge.

Fortunately, she was very skilled and managed to dodge in time, avoiding the strange hand at the last moment.

At this time, I could see clearly that the thing was completely black, like an ink-colored squid or a black ape. There are four arms on the body, like tentacles, soft and powerful, curling up freely. The lower body is even weirder. The legs are like spider legs, long and thin, with arthropod-like outer joints visible, and they look like white bones soaked in asphalt.

"Damn, what the hell is this!"

"Lin Kun, hurry up and save me!" Although Luo Jianfen was lucky enough to escape the monster's hand, the thing's movements were extremely sharp. Not only were its four stock-like arms free to attack, but its legs moved very fast. It's fast and can move forward, backward, left and right, so it's hard to guard against.

Seeing that the thing was about to pounce on Luo Jianfen, I wanted to shoot, but I was worried that the ricochet would hurt Luo Jianfen in the narrow cave, so I had no choice but to bite the bullet and step forward to rescue him empty-handed.

At this time, I was also trying to be brave. I didn't want to get closer, but I was already entangled by a tentacle. I had no choice but to use all my strength to open the tentacle-like arm, duck to the side, and try to rescue again.

After just touching it, I found that there was a mucus-like liquid on the arm, which was very similar to the tentacles of an octopus, but there were no suction cups on it, and its arms had five fingers, and the fingers were as soft and strong as savings.

"This arm is so soft. I'm afraid there are no bones in it. It's all supported by muscles. If you move it like this, you won't be able to break it off!" I thought about it in my mind and made up my mind.

I took out the dagger from my lower back. The dagger was longer than my throwing knife, and it was more powerful in slashing.

Since it has no bones, it naturally cannot withstand a sharp blade. Even if it can grow another tentacle like an octopus, I still have a way to rescue Luo Jianfen first.

"Teacher Luo, I'm here to save you, you have to assist me!"

"What are you talking about? Hurry up!"

Seeing that Luo Jianfen was in a hurry, I didn't dare to delay.

"Look at me!"

I suddenly remembered that Sister Fo once taught me a unique trick of Xiling. According to legend, it was Xiling's unique trick to deal with zombies, called Beidou Kick Star. I have dismantled zombies before, but this monster is not ordinary. The forbidden ring in my hand does not respond, which is obvious.

This Beidou kicking star requires extremely high physical skills. Although I have practiced it for a while before, I failed and succeeded, but at this time, in order to save people, I couldn't think about it carefully. My body swayed, like a flying swallow rising into the sky. Before the monster's arm could approach, I had already rushed forward. With the force of the rush, I knocked it down from the side and rolled to the ground along with Luo Jianfen.