Upon hearing Monkey's suggestion, Xue Dong shook his head and said, "Domestic safes are classified into six levels, from A1 to C. This safe is a B2 level. Even explosives might not be able to open it, and impacts would probably be ineffective! Even if we wanted to smash it open, the height might not be enough, and if we smashed it down, it would be impossible to drag it back and smash it a second time."
"Even if my method doesn't work, we still need to hide it first, and then find a place to slowly open it, right?"
Lin Que scratched his head: "There are so many desperados searching for the token right now, it's hard to guarantee that someone won't come here. If we run into them, we'll be in even more trouble!"
"This thing weighs several hundred pounds. Do you think it's a brick that you can just take away without leaving a trace?"
The monkey stamped his feet in frustration: "Young Master Duan, why don't we use the 'fisherman's benefit' method and ambush them around? If someone in another team is capable enough to open this safe, we can just rob it!"
Jiang Man thought for a moment and nodded: "I think Monkey's method is reliable. We have a full squad. If we take a surprise attack, we have a high chance of winning."
"This method works for other teams, but it's not very reliable for us."
I shook my head slightly: "Our goal is to obtain the two tokens. If anyone is injured in the conflict, the only option is to evacuate. Moreover, the people here are not fighting for their lives in a normal way; it could easily lead to death! Although the rules of Fengmen Village are flawed, we are not here to risk our lives."
Jiang Man sighed: "But we have no other choice but to do this."
I looked at the safe for a moment and then asked Xue Dong, "You know a lot about safes, do you know how many digits are in the combination?"
Xue Dong shone a lighter on the rotary lock: "Each layer of this rotary lock represents a number, and there are four layers in total, so it represents a four-digit password."
After listening to Xue Dong's words, I didn't say anything, quickly walked out of the cave, and stood on a relatively high rock.
Seeing that I left without saying a word, everyone else followed me out. Jiang Man asked me, "What happened? Did you discover a competitor?"
"No, I should already know the password."
I jumped off the rock, hurried back into the cave, pressed the lighter, and began adjusting the combination lock in the light.
"Click!"
Half a minute later, with a slight sound coming from inside the safe, the door suddenly popped open.
When Xue Dong saw my actions, he was immediately stunned: "Mr. Duan, they all say that feng shui masters have the ability to summon gods and control ghosts. You just stood on the rock for a while and suddenly guessed the code. Could it be that you were also summoning gods?"
"It's not that mysterious. Feng shui is inherently related to mathematics. The I Ching has Taiji, which generates Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang generate the Four Symbols, the Four Symbols generate the Eight Trigrams, and the Five Elements and the Eight Trigrams also correspond to numbers. Kun is located in the north, its number is eight, its element is water, and its number is six. The intertwined dragons take the numbers from the Hetu and Luoshu. Heaven's three generates wood, and heaven's nine completes it, so the combination for this safe is 8639."
As I spoke, I opened the safe door: "Ultimately, this is still a feng shui arrangement."
In the firelight, there was only a jade plaque about the size of a lighter inside the safe, with a lifelike dragon carved on it.
"Got it!"
Jiang Man took out the jade pendant inside and examined it: "This thing is exquisitely crafted; it must be something left behind by Fengmen Village."
I closed the safe door again, scrambled the combination, and breathed a sigh of relief: "With this jade token, we've secured our spot in the next round. No matter what happens next, we won't be eliminated. This is a dangerous place. Now that we've got it, let's set off immediately and leave this place as quickly as possible!"
The others, aware of the implications, retreated from the cave entrance, preparing to return the way they came.
As soon as we stepped out of the cave, a woman's voice came from behind us: "You guys are really quite capable, opening the safe inside in just ten minutes."
I was startled by the sound behind me, turned around to look, and then broke out in a cold sweat.
This girl was one of the couple that Jiang Man and I had seen at the foot of the mountain earlier.
She was sitting on a protruding rock above the cave, her legs swinging in the air, a mocking smile on her face, staring at us like we were prey.
Xue Dong was the first to react, drawing his bowstring taut and aiming at the girl: "Who are you? Get down here!"
"Gentlemen, I advise you not to act rashly, otherwise it could lead to someone's death."
Just then, the girl's partner emerged from the nearby woods, pointing at the monkey with two bone fragments in her hand: "If you mess around, this friend might die very quickly!"
Seeing that the young man was targeting him, the monkey pretended to raise its bow and arrow as well: "Do you think you're a judge? Do you have the right to tell me when I die?"
"Monkey, don't move!"
While the monkey was talking, I suddenly noticed a palm-sized spider lying on the back of his collar. The spider was entirely green with black stripes on it.
Seeing that I was stopping the monkey, the young man laughed and said, "This kind of spider is called a burrowing wolf spider, and it ranks second among the top ten venomous spiders in the country! People bitten by it will have difficulty breathing, slowed pulse, irregular heartbeat, followed by blurred vision, blindness, and a peculiar odor in their breath. If they are not treated in time, they can die from cardiac arrest within ten hours. You can't escape in such a short time, so please put down your bows and arrows."
Threatened, Xue Dong hesitated for a moment and released the bowstring.
"Damn it, are you trying to scare me?"
The monkey also felt an itch on the back of its neck. While shouting, it suddenly raised its arm, trying to push the spider away.
"Tap tap tap tap!"
As the monkey raised its hand, the young man suddenly struck the bone fragment in his hand as if playing a clapper, and the monkey cried out "Ouch!" as it knocked the spider down.
"Damn it! You're asking for it!"
When Manjing saw the monkey being bitten by the spider, his eyes widened in shock. He gripped his spear and was about to rush forward to fight. I also took a step forward as if to do so.
The match has now entered a life-or-death stage. Since the opponent has injured Monkey, I cannot keep him either.
At the same time, a large number of spiders suddenly appeared in the grass around us.
The sound of the bone fragment in the young man's hand was like a war drum, urging them to gather around.
"Don't move!"
Just then, Jiang Man suddenly grabbed a brocade pouch and shouted at the young man, "The river formed by the waterfall is right below. Once I throw this down, you'll get nothing."
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