Chapter 165 Linked Together (5) - Nail Trap
Ning Shu looked around and found that on the other side of the rock, there were many floating stones of various shapes. Their positions were somewhat disordered, but they were still moving in one direction.
It should be a road that continues upwards.
The road was a bit short because Ning Shu could already see a larger rock floating above the end of the road, with a torch and several trees on it.
Torches? Ning Shu noticed that it was already dark, and torches were lit in the dungeon. How thoughtful.
"Let's go," Si Zhong urged, seeing her looking around.
Although the stones on the cobblestone path were oddly shaped, Ning Shu walked steadily without falling.
When she jumped onto the rock with the torch, she was stunned. She hadn't seen it from below; there was actually a huge barbed wire fence floating on top of the rock.
The barbed wire extended to the right, then upwards and to the right again, eventually connecting to a square stone block above her head on the upper right.
She guessed that maybe they hadn't arrived here earlier, so the map for the rest of the map hadn't appeared.
We've arrived. After the map refreshed, things I hadn't seen before appeared.
The barbed wire floating above the rocks indicates that they need to jump onto the barbed wire and grab onto it to move forward.
However, the mesh of the wire mesh was a bit small; you could grab it with your hands, but where could you put your feet?
Si Zhong quickly provided an answer. He leaped up, grabbed the net with both hands, and stepped his toes into the mesh, but only his toes.
Ning Shu looked at the force being applied and felt that her toes might be a little uncomfortable. Si Zhong, however, didn't seem to feel any discomfort, ignored Ning Shu, and moved directly to the right.
Ning Shu quickly followed, otherwise the chains would straighten and pull her over, leaving her hanging there.
The end of the barbed wire was embedded in a stone, and above the stone was an open space with trees.
The sun had already set, and it was completely dark. However, thanks to the torches, it was barely possible to see anything.
Si Zhong walked towards a wide passageway, which was a sloping staircase leading upwards, although the steps were relatively low.
There are two suspended laser beams in the corridor, which are not very high, about knee height.
He doesn't even need to jump; his long legs can carry him across in one stride.
Seeing how easily he crossed over, Ning Shu also wanted to step over, but then she gestured the height—well, the so-called knee height—meaning Si Zhong's knee.
Her knees aren't that high, so the laser was a bit too high for her.
She could only take a few steps back, then take a running start before jumping over; she did two jumps in a row.
Si Zhong noticed and watched with great interest as the short-legged little potato hopped and skipped around.
At the top, there was a flat area, but there were five square... floor tiles? These floor tiles were quite large, much larger than the small square tiles next to them.
The color of these five floor tiles is not very obvious compared to the smaller tiles next to them; without the light of the torch, they would be completely invisible.
Si Zhong didn't turn his head, only saying, "Don't step on those squares."
Ning Shu wouldn't step on them even without his instructions; they deliberately avoided those blocks when they passed by.
Sure enough, just as they reached the edge of the block, the block suddenly "protruded" upwards, forming pillars pointing towards the sky.
The key point is that those pillars still bend outwards.
If they had been standing on the block, they would probably have been pushed off and fallen vertically.
How insidious! If they hadn't been so observant, they probably would have fallen for it.
At the end of the pit was a large, hollowed-out pit, and the two of them could only cross it by walking across a narrow "log bridge" that was only 30 centimeters wide.
Ning Shu wasn't afraid of heights. As she walked up, she looked into the pit and discovered that there was an upside-down tree in the pit.
Looking down from the treetop to the roots, you can see that the roots are growing on a suspended rock, which is at the end of the "log bridge".
After jumping onto the rocks, I found a wooden ladder standing upright in the middle of the rocks. The ladder was very crudely made, with spikes at both ends of the steps.
Ning Shu looked up and saw that the wooden ladder was quite long. Because it was dark, she couldn't see the areas where the torch couldn't reach.
The end of the wooden ladder disappeared into the darkness, and no one knew what lay above it.
Si Zhong also looked up at the wooden ladder, took out a flashlight from his space. It was not the kind of flashlight with a handle, but a flashlight with a strap that could be worn on the head.
He put it directly on his head, turned it on, and the surroundings instantly became bright.
Without saying a word, he stepped onto the ladder and started climbing. Ning Shu quickly followed.
Actually, if the wooden ladder is safe, they don't need lighting at all, but they are worried that it is not safe.
The wooden ladder was very long. After climbing for a while, Ning Shu found that climbing like this was actually quite tiring, especially when she looked down and could only see the scattered lights of the torches.
Everything else was pitch black, and I felt like I was in a dark ocean.
She brought up the panel and checked the time; it was already past 9 p.m.
This timing is a bit strange. Have they been climbing for so long?
He put away the panel and continued climbing, unable to resist asking Si Zhong, "Um, big brother, how much further?"
She didn't dare call Si Zhong by his name, since he hadn't introduced himself at all. If she blurted it out, she would have to explain.
She wanted everyone else to have memories from before their resurrection, but she didn't want Si Zhong to have them, otherwise how could she face him?
But her hopes were dashed. Si Zhong had perfectly preserved his memories from before his resurrection. The reason he hadn't questioned Ning Shu was because he was plotting something.
"My name is Si Zhong, and I don't know how much further it is." Si Zhong actually answered her; she had thought he wasn't going to talk to her anymore.
"stop!"
Ning Shu suddenly heard Si Zhong shout to stop, and quickly stopped, asking nervously, "What's wrong?"
Si Zhong looked at the row of wooden nails that had just been removed from the wooden ladder and said, "There's a trap. There's a row of nails on top of it."
Ning Shu couldn't see: "What kind?"
Si Zhong: "There are many wooden nails standing upright on a wooden board. It moves back and forth. When it moves forward, it goes directly through the wooden ladder, and when it moves backward, it leaves the wooden ladder."
Ning Shu knew how insidious it was just from the description. If they hadn't turned on the lights, and this thing was silent, they probably would have fallen for it.
"How fast is it? Can it get through?"
Si Zhong was quiet for a while before replying, "I can go over there. You can decide what to do then. If you don't want to get hurt, get off the ladder when you see it getting close, and I'll hold you up from above."
Before he finished speaking, Ning Shu heard his hurried footsteps on the stepping stones, and then the chains on his hands tightened suddenly.
She looked up and saw that Si Zhongli had straightened the chain, and she also saw the wooden nail he had mentioned.
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