Rebirth 81: Being forced into marriage by my sister’s best friend at the beginning

Chapter 1278: Strange pillar

Everyone shined flashlights on it, but could not see any words.

This kind of situation is rare in palaces. Palaces usually only pay attention to luxury. No matter how tight the financial revenue is at that time, the palace, as a facade, will never lack decoration.

Therefore, this was the first time Lin Ran had seen such a smooth wall.

What’s even more strange is that after all these years, the walls are still very clean, with no signs of yellowing or fading.

But he felt that it was not very likely that there was a mechanism behind the wall. To explore the mechanism on the wall, it might be better to explore the floor.

Just when he was confused, Wang Jinpeng's shout suddenly came.

He immediately looked back and saw Wang Jinpeng standing in front of a stone pillar in the center of the palace, waving his hand for everyone to come closer.

"Come and see, is this a mechanism?" Wang Jinpeng looked very excited.

He just wanted to find a place to pee secretly.

Unexpectedly, he actually noticed something strange on the pillar.

He just took a cursory look at the stone pillar and found that it was very smooth, so he didn't think much about it.

But when he put his hand on it, the stone pillar attracted his hand as if it had some kind of magic power.

He was so frightened that he quickly retracted his hand. At this moment, he noticed that there was a bulge on the stone pillar.

It looks like a knife.

Because the color is exactly the same as the stone pillar, it is easy to overlook.

If Wang Jinpeng hadn't accidentally bumped into it, he wouldn't have discovered it.

Especially under the light, this handle will not be seen at all.

The rest of the people gathered around, and Xu Ning also tried to stretch out his hand.

As a result, I found that my hands were also a little numb.

"What is this?" Xu Ning looked at Shizhu in surprise. There was indeed a strange force pulling his hand just now, making him unable to let go.

Lao Hei also tried, but with the previous warning, he immediately withdrew his hand.

Lin Ran gave it a try.

He felt a surge of electricity and frowned.

"This city was definitely not built in the past hundred years. How could it have electricity?" Lin Ran found it incredible.

Looking at the design of the gate blade, it does look a bit like an electric gate.

However, in the palace, this design is obviously some kind of mechanism.

Pulling down the mechanism may trigger a dead end, or it may open the door to a secret passage.

Lin Ran nodded, he had already come this far anyway, let's give it a try.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Jinpeng pulled the knife.

In an instant, the entire palace shook violently as if it had suffered an earthquake.

Wang Jinpeng quickly stopped. He felt that the mechanism was not simple.

But the mechanism has been touched, and it's too late to stop.

"Is the palace going to collapse?" Wang Jinpeng shouted, signaling for them to flee quickly.

Lin Ran felt that this possibility was not high, because if he felt it carefully, the vibration should come from the ground. If it was a trap, it should be from something falling from the ceiling.

He also felt the ground shaking, as if it was moving to both sides.

This shaking lasted for about 10 minutes.

When they calmed down, in the center of the palace, two stone slabs moved to both sides, revealing a step.

An underground secret passage appeared in front of them.

There is another village in the dark.

I didn't expect that there was a secret passage inside the palace.

Lao Hei couldn't wait to go forward to check, and saw that the tunnel was extremely deep. They were originally underground, and there was no light at all inside the tunnel.

In this environment, it looks a bit eerie and has a hint of terror.

But they have seen all kinds of horrors, so naturally they don't take tunnels seriously.

The appearance of the secret passage has already reminded them of the road ahead.

I didn't expect that an ancient palace would have such advanced equipment.

Lao Hei led the way and said, "Follow me. Although I am not as capable as Brother Lin, I can still see through basic traps."

Now everyone has no physical strength, and no one questions Lao Hei's ability.

Lin Ran was in the second to last position, and Xu Ning would stand at the end no matter what.

"I'm fine." Xu Ning shook his arm to indicate that he could still fight.

In the process of exploration, the most dangerous things are the front and the back.

Lin Ran nodded and reminded him to pay attention to safety.

Before going down to the tunnel, Lin Ran turned his head and glanced at the stone pillar again.

What happened to the electric current just now?

Did the ancients already know how to use electricity?impossible.

At this moment, Wang Jinpeng felt that the flashlight in his hand was no longer so bright. They had been exploring for more than 24 hours and the battery power had reached the bottom.

Because we came through the bottom of the lake, we didn’t bring a lot of batteries.

And even if there is a battery, it may have been soaked in water and cannot be used.

"Let's use a flashlight." Lin Ran suggested.

They did have a few spare batteries, but as the leader of the team, he had to think about the future.

They don't want to continue exploring. If there is no other exit here, they have to go back to the bottom of the lake. If there is no flashlight at the bottom of the lake and swimming in a dark environment, it is easy to lose their way.

When the time comes, let alone Nuwa Cauldron, their own lives will have to be taken care of here.

Therefore, it is essential to keep the battery at its most basic.

Everyone else turned off their flashlights and put them in their backpacks.

Only Lao Hei was at the front, shining his flashlight around.

This was not the first time this happened, and they were prepared.

Because of the light problem, Lao Hei slowed down.

Having encountered a trap before made him more cautious.

Especially in the dark passage.

The light here is so dim that even with a flashlight, the surrounding darkness envelopes them like a tide.

Walking in the narrow dark passage feels like walking in a dungeon.

Fortunately, there are no traps placed on these steps, and the steps are still spreading downwards.

"Isn't this step going back to our previous ancient city?" Wang Jinpeng muttered.

Previously, everyone still had physical strength, so they didn’t mind joking with him.

But now, everyone is feeling tired, and the road continues downward, bottomless.

So no one spoke to him.

They crossed the secret passage paved with steps without any danger, and stepped into a cave.

Judging from the structure of the cave, it is naturally formed.

After calculating the height of the steps, it did not reach the previous ancient city.

However, it should be very deep underground.

In this cave, there are many stalactite-like stones hanging down and dripping water.

Moreover, it is not a dry patch inside.

There are strange-shaped stones everywhere, and some are like stone pillars, capping the cave.