Go first
I was immediately confused by Tao Siyu. We were obviously going to follow the knife cart, so why did we leave first
The result of jumping off the gate first is that the knife car behind us will fall head-on before we can gain a firm foothold.
Tao Siyu, however, didn't leave even a single explanation, and rushed towards the mechanism gate. Ye Xun and I only paused for a second before jumping up and jumping off the gate after Tao Siyu.
When the three of us landed on a square iron plate almost in no particular order, the iron plate suddenly sank down. Before I could react, the knife cart whizzed down from above our heads with strong winds.
Just as I was about to get up, Tao Siyu suddenly reached out and pushed Ye Xun and I back to our original positions: "Don't move, trust me."
The thousand-pound knife cart fell from the sky so fast that it was already too late for us to break away from Tao Siyu. I could only resign myself to opening my eyes and looking above my head.
The moment the long knife with a cold glow on the front wall of the knife car pierced our heads, two semicircular iron gates suddenly popped up on both sides of the driveway and closed towards the middle of the passage.
Two loud noises shook the sky one after another. The first sound was the roar of two iron gates slamming shut, and the second sound was the sharp sound of the knife cart hitting the iron gates. Although the thousand-pound knife cart was blocked by the iron gate, the blade in front of the cart penetrated the iron plate for several inches, and the cold light hung ferociously above our heads.
Before the dust falling around the iron gate had completely dispersed, Tao Siyu pulled Ye Xun and I up and to the side of the platform.
Only then did I look at Tao Siyu in shock. She saved our lives.
The Mo family had long thought that someone would jump off the gate behind the knife cart. As long as something hit the iron block below, the second iron gate in the middle of the passage would automatically close, cutting the person who jumped down into two pieces. .
While I was still standing there in trance, Tao Siyu had already walked around the secret room of the agency: "Wang Huan, aren't you looking for the Mo family to ambush? He is here."
When I looked in the direction of Tao Siyu's finger, the first thing I saw was a palm-sized opening on the wall. Tao Siyu's flashlight light shining into the secret room from the opening happened to fall on a skeleton.
The corpse that had been dead for an unknown number of years was sitting on a rotting bed. The mechanical crossbow in his hand fell to the right side of the corpse with a hand bone attached to it. In addition, the corpse No damage was visible on the body.
Tao Siyu said: "This should be the Mohist disciple guarding the entrance to the institution? We have found the right place. Let's follow the passage near the secret room. It should be a safe route."
I said in a deep voice: "Don't rush in, help me find the engine shut-off control room."
"Why are you looking for that?" Tao Siyu asked halfway, and his face couldn't help but show solemnity: "What are you suspecting?"
I said solemnly: "Since I entered the city, I have become more and more doubtful about the authenticity of Qin Siyue's story. We have always felt that we inadvertently broke into the thousand-year-old battle between Zhuge Liang and Qin Siyue. . But, is this really the case?”
"Qin Siyue has been deliberately creating an illusion for us from the beginning to the end. That is, she must return to the agency, but her way back was forcibly blocked by the two sects. However, when she arrived at the agency city What happens after that? Don’t you think Qin Siyue seems to be the real master of the city? "
Tao Siyu frowned and said: "Qin Siyue does have some problems, but what she did can explain the past. After all, they had been fighting in the city for hundreds of years, and the person who knows the enemy best is still the enemy."
I looked at Tao Siyu: "So who won the original fight?"
Tao Siyu was silent for a long time before shaking his head and saying, "I don't know."
I said in a solemn voice: "This is the most critical point. Where are the people who occupied the city? Where are you people who dream of nine-headed immortality?"
"I suspect that Guancheng has changed hands since Zhuge Liang."
I said again: "It took more than two hundred years from the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms. It has gone through another thousand years since the Three Kingdoms. When Zhuge Liang was alive, the essence of the art of mechanism was still there, but now it has long since ceased to exist."
"In Zhuge Liang's letter, he said that he sent Ma Dai to lead his army into the city and change the route to stop Qin Siyue. That is the biggest question. Why did Ma Dai lead his army into Heizhugou? If, at that time, the Mohists and Gongshu Still, as long as Zhuge Liang just sends someone to deliver the message, why is it necessary to mobilize a large army composed of veterans of hundreds of battles when Shu's military strength is tight?"
"Also...according to common sense, there should have been elites from the Mohist and Gongshu sects in the Maze City back then. They should be able to pass on the art of mechanism even if they were in danger. But now? Where are the elites of the two families gone? No? Where has the institution inheritance gone?"
I pointed to the outside of the city wall and said, "Look outside. Where are there people? The only thing we see is a dead skeleton. In a place without human habitation, who is controlling the machine city."
Tao Siyu couldn't help but tremble: "Isn't it Qin Siyue's sect that has occupied the city?"
Ye Xun shook his head and said: "If that were the case, Qin Siyue wouldn't have to spend so much effort."
I said in a deep voice: "There are only two possibilities for Qin Siyue's identity. One is that she is really Qin Siyue from thousands of years ago. However, after she left the agency city, the hidden line she buried in the agency city was also exposed. After the purge, the city was renovated, and she could enter the outer city but not the inner city."
"The second possibility is that Qin Siyue has never entered the agency city like us. She is just a tomb robber who broke into the secret realm of the agency before us. She is pretending to be Qin Siyue."
I narrowed my eyes and looked at the government city and said, "No matter which one it is, I must reveal the real secret of the government city before Qin Siyue and the others."
Tao Siyu shook his head and said: "Both of your guesses make no sense. The reason lies in the demon servant."
Tao Siyu said quickly: "If the two sects transform the city, then the demon servants will not be able to appear in the outer city. They should all be sealed inside."
"If Qin Siyue is also a tomb robber, how can she order the demon servant? If he gets the method to control the demon servant, doesn't it mean he has got the core secret of the evil warlock? She still needs to forcefully break into the mechanism A city? Besides..."
Tao Siyu changed the subject and said: "Besides, there are only three families who dare to touch the restricted area of mythology. Before this, no one in the Wugui Sect had ever thought about the mechanism technique, and the same was true for the Demon Sect. Not to mention the magic hand. Said, if they had found the government city before, the execution palace would not have come out in full force. Those stragglers in the rivers and lakes, not to mention they have never heard of the Myth Forbidden Zone, even if they knew it, they would not dare to come and try it easily. I think your speculation wrong."
I replied: "This is why I must see the center of the mechanism."
I was silent for a while and then said: "I still have the original theory. The mechanism will never be able to activate itself without power, unless the energy technology mastered by the Mohists at the time has exceeded the current level. But there is no such thing in "Mozi" Records. Gongshu also did not leave such a legacy, and only the Yanshi lineage remained."
I said solemnly: "I want to see what kind of power actually activates the outer city mechanism."
Tao Siyu nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you to find it."
Tao Siyu turned on the flashlight and led us to the depths of the mechanism city. Ye Xun walked behind and said, "Tao Siyu, how do you know the location of the mechanism center?"
Tao Siyu replied without looking back: "I have a PhD in mechanics, majoring in mechanical power. Mechanisms and machinery have many things in common. I also opened a repair shop, and I am the repair master."
"Then why don't you keep studying? Want to..." Ye Xun stopped mid-sentence.
Tao Siyu said in a cold voice: "You look down on me as a thief, do you?"
I quickly touched Ye Xun, meaning not to let him talk nonsense, but one word burst out of Ye Xun's mouth: "Yes!"
I couldn't help but cover my forehead with my hands. I knew Ye Xun wasn't very good at talking, but I didn't expect that he couldn't talk to such an extent. Wasn't this looking for a fight
Unexpectedly, Tao Siyu turned around and said: "Actually, I also look down on myself. A thief is a thief. No matter how nice you say it, it can't change the essence. However, some things are already destined and cannot be changed."
Ye Xun didn't say anything else, so I quickly changed the subject and said, "Tao Siyu, do you think the secret technique of Yanshi's lineage really exists?"
"It's hard to say." Tao Siyu said: "There are so many secrets hidden behind the myth. Haven't we seen a two-headed monster before we were here? You don't need to change the topic. I don't mind this. At least we We are still partners now.”
I was also left speechless by Tao Siyu. I followed her underground for three to four hundred meters before Tao Siyu stopped: "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the center that provides power to the agency."
Tao Siyu pointed at a closed iron door. I touched the animal-shaped secret lock on the door twice and said, "Can you open it?"
"You can try it." Tao Siyu lightly touched the dragon-like monster a few times before pulling out her gun and inserting it into the monster's mouth. She only touched the lock cylinder twice and stopped: "No, this is not a keyhole. , help me look for anything similar to a keyhole nearby?"
Ye Xun and I searched up and down the gate several times. We touched every slightly suspicious place several times, but still found nothing. I couldn't help but feel angry and slapped the door. On the protruding iron animal head: "Damn, making a lock is so complicated..."
What I didn't expect was that my palm actually turned the beast's head half a circle.