Suddenly, Shang Xiye felt a sinking sensation in the soles of her feet, which had been somewhat numb.
A faint rattling sound of machinery rang out.
Then came a series of soft, clattering sounds as the arrow shafts collided as they were positioned.
"careful!"
Shang Xiye whispered a reminder to Wuhen, Xique, and Ji Fengyao behind him.
The words had barely left his mouth.
The stone slab in front of the passage suddenly flipped over, revealing rows of densely packed mechanical crossbows behind it. A rain of crossbow bolts, their arrowheads flashing with a blue light, shot towards them.
The passage was narrow, and there was no way to avoid it.
If an ordinary person had come tonight, they would most likely have met their end here.
However, this rain of arrows posed no threat whatsoever to Shang Xiye and his group.
Because they have iron umbrellas.
The four men took out iron umbrellas and used them as shields to block in front of them, which did not even affect their speed of movement.
(Duke Chen: Rabbit, you damn well better get out here! You just gave the protagonist a broken umbrella and it's this useful? You're being unfair! You're cheating!)
Upon reaching the end of the passage, Shang Xiye placed the iron umbrella directly against the mechanism, took out a long spear, and with a few swift strokes, destroyed the meticulously arranged trap.
If a subject harbors rebellious intentions, this thing should not be left to them.
At that moment, a slight "pitter-patter" sound came from the corner of the passage.
The group turned to look and saw that at the corner was still a straight passage about 300 meters long, and at the end it was a right angle that turned back.
The passageway is lined with wolf heads with their mouths wide open.
At this moment, thick, dark green smoke was continuously spewing out from these wolf heads.
“This smoke is definitely poisonous,” Wuhen said.
"What's there to be afraid of if it's poisonous? Didn't our young lady give you some antidote pills?" Xique nonchalantly took out a small porcelain bottle from her storage ring, poured out a pill and held it in her mouth, without even mentioning giving one to Wuhen.
At this moment, Shang Xiye also took out the antidote pill from his storage space.
He first fed Ji Fengyao a "Come on, little wife" pill, then popped one into his own mouth, showing no intention of caring about Wuhen.
Wuhen: "..."
Okay, he didn't do enough. The master is still the master!
This time, Ji Fengyao went forward first to investigate.
She quickly took out silver needles from her storage space and inserted them into several acupoints on her body. She then inserted them into the acupoints of Shang Xiye, Wuhen, and Xique behind her before they hurriedly walked through the passage.
"Is this poison very potent?" Shang Xiye asked.
"Yes, a little," Ji Fengyao replied, not particularly concerned.
Shang Xiye secretly raised an eyebrow: His little wife's medical skills were unfathomable. Ever since she came to his side, he had no concept of the potency of poisons.
At the end of the second passage, there is still another passage.
However, this passage, which is about 400 meters long, has no bottom, or rather, underneath is a rectangular pit, about 10 meters deep, filled with an oily liquid.
For someone skilled in martial arts, this distance of several hundred meters is easily covered by leaping across rooftops and scaling walls.
But if you fly halfway through and the oil in this pit suddenly catches fire, no matter how good your lightness skill is, you'll be roasted suckling pig on the spot.
"Your Highness, how do we get across?" Wuhen scratched his head, completely at a loss.
“They wouldn’t design a passage that even they themselves couldn’t pass through,” Shang Xiye said, looking around.
But apart from the oil lamps, the walls of the passage were clean and tidy, with nothing else on them.
The group searched for quite a while but couldn't find any mechanism.
The magpie kicked the wall impatiently: "What a piece of junk..."
Before she could even voice her grievances, the bluestone brick she had kicked suddenly caved in a little, accompanied by a soft rattling sound.
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