Chapter 426: A Cold and Eerie Light
She took out a small laser cutter and cut around the skylight in a square pattern.
Liao Jiu saw that the thick iron fence was easily and neatly cut open.
With a clang, it fell down.
There was a loud noise.
From dozens of meters away, Xiang Zuo and the others heard the noise and hurried over to see what was going on.
Liao Jiu turned around and said, "It's okay. Wait until we go in and open the door. There's no one inside. They must have all run away. Search elsewhere and send someone to chase them..."
To the left they received orders.
They were accompanied by three commanders. Xiangdong was not there and stayed at the Six Gates headquarters to handle affairs.
There were only three of them.
He went out to chase someone with a group of shadow guards.
Xiang You brought his men and waited here.
Go west and search the burning house...
Liao Jiu ignored them. Years of tacit understanding allowed them to divide the work in an orderly manner, and he, as their master, didn't have to worry about anything.
Here, Liao Jiu took out a tinderbox and threw it into the house.
Lighted up a bit.
I could see the general layout of the interior. In the center, there was a lacquer pool with several lanterns floating on it. The light was very faint, emitting a cold and eerie glow in the darkness.
Jiang Lianzhu had two more ropes in her hand and gave one to Liao Jiu.
"Tie it around your waist, tie it here, and go down and take a look first."
There are many dangers here. She wants to use him as a sitting duck.
Liao Jiu wanted to laugh. Who has such a treacherous wife?
At the critical moment, I treated him as a living target, but I actually felt happy...
As she had said, he tied the rope around his waist, tied it firmly, and swung down.
As he swung down, she threw a glitter ball.
This was several times brighter than the fire stick he had thrown before.
The entire lobby was clearly lit.
Jiang Lianzhu shouted from above, "Turn on the light first. It's such a dark sealed lobby, there must be a wall lamp..."
"receive."
Sure enough, I saw wall lamps on the surrounding walls.
Liao Jiu walked over and found that it was an oil lamp. He tried to light it with a tinder, but after trying several times, there was no light.
"It won't ignite. It might be controlled by a mechanism. Let me look for it."
Jiang Lianzhu shouted back from above, "Be careful, don't turn into a sieve."
As he said that, he threw another flare to Liao Jiu.
The room is bright.
Liao Jiu's movements were smooth. Hanging on a rope, he swung around the wall like a clever monkey, looking for a mechanism.
Swift and handsome.
Jiang Lianzhu saw this and couldn't help but think of a saying: "Move quickly and have a cool posture." Well, that probably refers to people like Liao Jiu.
She didn’t know if it was because of the filter halo, but Liao Jiu seemed even more handsome to her now than before.
At this moment, Liao Jiu found a mechanism somewhere and lit a wall lamp. Then, all the wall lamps lit up in an instant.
It seems to be connected, one to two, two to three, three to four...
In this way, all the oil lamps on the wall were lit.
Jiang Lianzhu didn't need to throw flares, and Liao Jiu didn't go down for the time being.
One of them was hanging on a rope, clinging to the wall, and the other was squatting on the skylight, carefully looking at the environment below.
The room was filled with a gloomy atmosphere. Jiang Lianzhu felt a chill down her spine even as she squatted on the skylight window.
The room was very spacious and not furnished much. In the center was a small platform with a pool on it. The water was black and a few strange lanterns were floating on the black water.
One of them has gone out.
The others are all lit.
"Liao Jiu, this should be the flower pond that Mao Shurong mentioned. Is the mother cup in it?"
Liao Jiu replied in a deep voice, "Yes."
He could clearly sense it, right inside.
Because the room was so big, when two people talked, there was an echo, a buzzing sound.
Jiang Lianzhu sneered, "That is, as long as we are here, we can take our time, it can't run away!"
Their mission is to deal with the mother cup.
The task of chasing people has been given to Xiang Zuo and the others.
Liao Jiu was descending to see what was going on when suddenly, his waist felt tight and Jiang Lianzhu pulled him into the air again.
"Don't panic yet. I'm looking down from above. There seems to be a pattern on the floor tiles. The pattern is irregular and looks wrong."
Liao Jiu was closer, but his view was not as comprehensive as Jiang Lianzhu who was squatting on the skylight, so he did not notice these abnormalities. After Jiang Lianzhu reminded him, he realized that something was indeed wrong.
The patterns on the floor tiles were a mess, like a puzzle that had been shuffled.
Liao Jiudang returned to the skylight window, took the fine iron skylight that Jiang Lianzhu had cut off with something, swung down again, and threw it on the floor tile he was just about to step on.
The floor tiles suddenly sank with a bang, forming a big hole.
The pit was bottomless and no one knew what was inside. All I could see was a faint cold glow, and then the floor tiles returned to their original state, as if nothing had happened.
Liao Jiu and the other man were both shocked. If they stepped on it, they would disappear in seconds, and the teammates in front would not be able to find out how they disappeared.
This Imperial Master's Mansion is really good at it, worthy of being a place that specializes in mechanical engineering.
Jiang Lianzhu said to Xiang You in the courtyard, "Throw a few more stones up to me. Your governor is testing the trap inside."
To the right... their governor is setting a trap inside?
It sounds unsettling.
He quickly rubbed his hands and petitioned, "Let the Governor come out, I will try!"
Jiang Lianzhu shook her head at him, "Don't bother with that. He's quite skilled, let him practice. Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him."
Xiang You had no choice but to give up and throw a few big rocks at Jiang Lianzhu.
Jiang Lianzhu caught them all and threw them to Liao Jiu who was inside. Liao Jiu tried two more tiles.
One piece has not changed, it’s still a floor tile.
A ball of fire shot out from the other piece and shot up into the sky. Fortunately, Liao Jiu swung it away quickly, otherwise, he would have lost all his eyebrows.
Jiang Lianzhu was terrified. "Don't let it get to you. It would be terrible if you got disfigured."
She doesn't want him anymore because he's disfigured!
Liao Jiu seemed to be able to sense Jiang Lianzhu's inner thoughts. He raised his head and glared at her. Jiang Lianzhu inexplicably felt guilty. She coughed and said, "Come up. I'll put on a gas and fireproof mask for you. If you keep trying like this, I think there might be a gas trap next time."
This national master of mechanical engineering seems quite powerful, so we should treat him with caution.
Liao Jiu returned to the skylight window again, and Jiang Lianzhu put on a full set of protective clothing for him, including protective clothing, a gas mask, and fire, poison, radiation, and pollution protection.
Now Liao Jiu felt that his safety index had greatly improved.
He took the stone and went down to test the mechanism.
Jiang Lianzhu was right, the next floor tile was really venomous.
The wet dark green liquid sprayed all over him, which looked disgusting and corrosive. If it got on the skin, the consequences would be disastrous.
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