Xiangfangnan's words made Bai Shangye and others' hearts tremble.
Bai Shangye unconsciously licked the corners of his dry mouth: "So many holes, are they all rooms?"
"No, no way." Lou Yiqiang looked at the dark and eerie caves. Even the 5'8" tall man couldn't help but tremble. "Why do these people live in such a gloomy place? Can't they just live in a cave or a house outside?"
[Suddenly wrapping myself tightly in my little quilt…]
[Isn't this a good treasure hunt show? Why does the style suddenly seem a bit off?]
[But something is a little off. Why would a normal person or group of people dig out such a complex of buildings in a cave so rarely visited by humans?]
[Could it be some reclusive family taking refuge here?]
"It's possible. The bronze mirror in that room and the bronze candlesticks on the rock wall don't look like something an average person could afford. So if there really is a family that's reclusive, they must be a well-established family with some background."
"But what kind of wealthy family would come to a place like this?"
[Uhhhhhh... No one has a guess about what kind of tomb it is? 】
[Tomb? Forget it. This is even more unreliable.]
"Yeah, who would dig a tomb in a cave? And those rooms clearly show signs of past human habitation. You can't say this is a tomb of the living dead, like in Jin Yong's novels."
[Actually, at first, I thought it might be some kind of ancient tomb, but once I saw the rooms and the utensils inside, I no longer thought so...]
[So, is there anyone knowledgeable about this who can explain what's going on with this situation?]
[Dead or alive? The phrase used above is brilliant~]
While everyone was speculating about the circumstances under which the underground building would be built in such a place, Bai Shangye's drone continued to survey the other rooms one by one.
But apart from the bronze products that have been well preserved, only the furniture and daily necessities that have long since decayed can prove that such a group of people once lived here.
Just when everyone was immersed in speculation about the building, gusts of wind suddenly blew outside the cave. The fierce wind brought with it raindrops as big as beans, which kept blowing into the cave, soaking the group of people standing at the entrance of the cave.
Xu Hua hugged Song Tiantian tightly, using his broad back to block the rain that was blowing towards Tiantian.
Xu Hua breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that Song Tiantian was not wet by the rain. He once again checked the water level changes in the cave.
We saw that even under such a fierce storm, the water level in the cave remained within a certain range and did not rise.
The situation outside the cave is unclear. It is still unknown whether we can find a suitable place to camp out again in the night rain.
For this reason, Xu Hua immediately decided to stay in the cave.
Lou Yiqiang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Captain Xu, should we go down to the secret passage?"
"Sure." Lin Heyue, who was standing nearby, also had an idea: "The ground below the secret passage is dry, and since the ancients were able to live there, the air circulation must be good."
"It looks like that now. But we haven't discovered where the water in the cave is led by the trough. Without determining the specific situation below, it's safer to stay in the cave." Xu Hua said cautiously.
"But now the wind and rain are blowing in. Even if we can bear it, Tiantian and Nannan can't stand it."
Hearing this, Xu Hua subconsciously glanced at Song Tiantian and Xiangfang Nan, and happened to meet Song Tiantian's energetic expression.
Seeing this, Xu Hua always felt that something seemed to be wrong.
Song Tiantian, who was exploring the secret passage with her mental power: ...
Although this is the case, the wind and rain in the cave are indeed a problem, but the situation in the secret passage has not been fully investigated yet...
But just as Xu Hua was hesitating, Bai Shangye suddenly looked at him with a look of joy: "Brother Xu, the drone's detection results are out."
"What?" Xu Hua looked at Bai Shangye hurriedly.
It turned out that Bai Shangye was inspired by the secret passage under the stone bed, so while operating the drone to survey the secret passage, he also activated the detection band to detect all the secret passages.
The detection band can use the low-frequency band that is inaudible to the human ear to detect secret rooms or mechanisms that are invisible to the naked eye or hidden, etc., through echoes in a certain band.
With the information collected by the drone, Xu Hua immediately felt relieved.
"Xiaobai, take Qiangzi down with you and eliminate the two mechanisms at the entrance. Also, find the mechanism that can control the stone bed and see if you can open or close it from the inside."
Xu Hua would never make the mistake of leading a large group of people down the secret passage without finding out whether the entrance mechanism could be opened from the inside, and then trapping them inside and unable to get out.
"Okay, I'll go down now." Bai Shangye, who had been eager to try, immediately took Lou Yiqiang into the cave without saying a word.
Lin Heyue and Zhou Ke, who were left behind, looked at the two impatient figures in front of them, and a hint of envy flashed in their eyes.
After all, exploration and secret passages are something no man can resist.
After a while, there was another loud "boom" in the cave, and then they clearly heard the sound of chains rolling. The two stone beds that were split into two gradually merged into one with this sound.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have imagined that this stone bed, which seemed to be almost completely sealed, was actually split in the middle and contained a secret passage.
After the stone bed was completely closed, Lin Heyue couldn't help but touch it a few times: "It's really tight, there is no gap at all."
"Not only that, there's no echo even when I knock on it." Zhou Ke tapped the stone bed with his fingers.
Xu Hua looked at the two fools and couldn't help but frown, "Of course there won't be any echo if you knock on such a thick rock slab!"
"Hehe, that's true."
After waiting for a while, there was another loud noise from the stone bed, and they once again saw the stone bed being split apart.
Bai Shangye even emerged from the secret passage and waved to Xu Hua and the others: "Brother Xu, we found the switch. We can open it from the inside."
"Yeah, I saw it too." Xu Hua said as he looked at the half of Bai Shangye's body that emerged.
"Then let's go down together." Bai Shangye said hurriedly: "Qiangzi and I have just tinkered with the two mechanisms at the entrance. There is no danger down there anymore."
Hearing this, Lin Heyue, Song Tiantian and Xiangfangnan all looked towards Xu Hua, waiting for his next words.
Xu Hua looked at everyone's expectant eyes and finally nodded: "Let's go down the secret passage."
"Okay!"
"I've been waiting for you to say this, Captain Xu!"
As they spoke, Lin Heyue and Zhou Ke hurriedly carried their backpacks, along with Song Tiantian and the others' buckets containing Tai Sui and other items, towards the tunnel.
Bai Shangye took the things and walked down the secret passage first.
Song Tiantian hugged Xu Hua's neck and kept looking at both sides of the secret passage. When she saw the bronze candlesticks on the rock wall on one side of the secret passage, she couldn't help but say to Xiang Nan, "Nan Nan, do you think the lamp oil in these candlesticks can still be used?"
"It should be okay." Xiangfangnan was not sure either.
After all, the lamp oil in the candlestick is old lamp oil that has been left over from who knows how many years ago. No one can say for sure whether it has lost its original function under the torrent of time.
"That's easy." Bai Shangye, who was walking in front, took out a lighter from his pocket and said, "Just light it and you'll know."
As he spoke, he lit the nearest bronze candlestick.
Before Xu Hua could stop it, he saw the flame on the lighter ignite and ignite a bright halo the moment it came into contact with the lamp oil.
"It really works." Bai Shangye looked behind him with joy, "I didn't expect that the lamp oil here can still be used after so many years."
"It's true that it can still be used, but aren't you worried that this lamp oil, which was left over from who knows how many years ago, might carry some virus?" Xu Hua's voice sounded with some gritted teeth, and Bai Shangye's hand, which was about to continue lighting the bronze candlesticks in front of him, suddenly paused.
Then, he turned his head and looked at Xu Hua with a somewhat uneasy look: "Could there be a virus?"
"What do you think?" Xu Hua gave him a look to let him figure it out, then led his men straight down the secret passage.
Bai Shangye looked at the figures in front of him, then glanced at the still burning candlestick, and hurriedly ran over to blow it out.
At this time, Song Tiantian and others had arrived at the bottom of the secret passage, which was in front of the open space that the drone had photographed at the beginning.
Although Song Tiantian had already seen the scene below through her spiritual power, after walking to this place in person, she still couldn't help but feel shocked and amazed by the wisdom of the ancients.
In the middle of this empty plain, there suddenly appeared a pool-like building compared to what they saw at the beginning. When Song Tiantian and others walked forward, they could hear the sound of water flowing at the bottom of the pool.
That's right, the water in this pool is the sewage drained from the water channel under the stone bed of the cave...
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