After walking through the long passage, the two of them came to another stone room. The original plan was for them to walk back along the rope and see what was going on.
However, in the new stone room, something unexpected happened.
In the new stone room, which was temporarily called the second stone room, in the left passage, a long rope led to a dark passage. Zuo Qingcang frowned and pulled the rope in his hand. The rope in the passage in front of him also moved.
The old man said in disbelief, "We're back? Is it really spatial Daoist magic? "
If the four passages in the stone room were called the front, back, left, and right passages, then the scene in front of them looked like they had gone out from the left passage of the stone room, but came out from the back passage.
Zuo Qingcang did not speak. He silently walked to the place where they had marked before, but it was still empty.
The old man rubbed his temples and said, "It's not just spatial Daoist magic. Something else erased our mark. There's something in this stone room! "
"I don't think it's spatial Daoist magic. Since you said that it requires a huge amount of spiritual energy, and you can't detect the existence of artificial spiritual energy, then we should discuss the possibility of spatial Daoist magic at the end."
Zuo Qingcang touched his chin and said with some doubt, "It's not that there's no other way to make the rope appear in front of us. For example, if the passage we took was a curve, we would think we were walking in a straight line, but in fact, it made a circle at an angle that is difficult for ordinary people to detect, and brought us back here. It's not impossible. "
"The problem is this mark." Zuo Qingcang looked around and said, "The disappearance of the mark and the appearance of the rope are a set of contradictions. It makes it difficult for us to determine whether this is the place we were in before."
Until now, Zuo Qingcang's mental state was still calm, as if there was nothing in the world that could make him lose his mind. The old man beside him listened to his analysis, and his anxious mood seemed to ease a little.
"The appearance of this set of contradictions now leads to two possibilities.
The first possibility is that this stone room, let's call it the second stone room, is not the same place as the first stone room. Someone or something took away the rope we left behind and went around to this place. If this is the case, it also means that the passageway is not a straight line. It could be a curve or even a detour. Together with many stone chambers, it forms a maze. "
"If it's the second possibility, it means that the two stone chambers are the same, but something erased our markings. But at the same time, to achieve this possibility, it means that we have circled back to the same stone chamber, which means that the passage here is not linear. "
As Zuo Qingcang spoke, he pulled back the rope with both hands. "Therefore, what we need to do next is to verify if there are any problems with this passageway. If there are, we'll be able to find the reason why we lost our way earlier."
What Zuo Qingcang didn't say in his heart was that there was actually a more effective way to verify the situation in front of them. The two of them moved separately, each holding one end of the rope, and then Zuo Qingcang returned to stone room number one. However, this would mean that they had to separate. In this ancient tomb, moving separately was too dangerous, so Zuo Qingcang didn't say it out loud.
Then, the two of them walked into the dark passage. They had to make sure that the passage here was straight.
Then there was a problem here. How could a person be sure that they were walking in a straight line? All of a person's movements relied on their vision and the surrounding objects to determine the distance and position. Once they closed their eyes, they would often go astray.
Therefore, it was impossible for a person to determine whether they were walking in a straight line in the dark.
However, it was much easier to rely on tools. As Zuo Qingcang and the old man walked, they took out the luminous pearls from their arms and placed them where they passed by. Basically, they placed one every twenty steps. When the two of them walked for two hundred steps along the passage, ten luminous pearls were placed behind them.
This was all thanks to Zuo Qingcang's request to bring a few more luminous pearls when the two of them were preparing for the trip.
The old man turned his head and saw ten luminous pearls arranged in the darkness, forming a straight line.
Yes, a straight line, perfectly straight, without the slightest bend. Seeing this, the old man's face revealed a look of disappointment. "There's nothing wrong with this passage."
Zuo Qingcang nodded. "Then, for the time being, the only possibilities we can think of are hallucinations and spatial problems." However, whether it was a collective hallucination or spatial changes, it was probably beyond their ability to deal with.
At this moment, Zuo Qingcang suddenly thought of something. If the owner of the ancient tomb really wanted to seal Shenzong, then why did he have to make it so complicated?
All he had to do was to bury the entire ancient tomb, or even create a few more Dragon Snapping Stones, which would be much more effective than this extremely complicated maze. Compared to an eternal seal, this complicated maze was more like a lock. It was a lock that was difficult for others to enter, but the owner could unlock it himself.
'Could the person who built this ancient tomb have considered that one day, he would be able to enter this ancient tomb again? If that's the case, then the deepest part of this ancient tomb doesn't just contain Shenzong's corpse. There must be benefits that make people want to come. '
However, Zuo Qingcang gave it some thought and stopped thinking about it. Compared to guessing what was in the ancient tomb, it was more important for the two of them to figure out how to get out of this maze.
After listening to Zuo Qingcang's analysis, the old man suddenly said thoughtfully, "Actually, other than spatial and hallucinations, there's another possibility. That is, if the passageways and stone rooms can move, they can also create this effect?"
Zuo Qingcang immediately understood what the old man meant. If these stone rooms and passageways formed a large-scale mechanism similar to a Rubik's cube, causing the stone rooms and passageways to move in a way that was difficult for humans to detect, then it was indeed possible to create this effect.
Zuo Qingcang thought about it and said, "Compared to spatial daoist techniques that require a large amount of spiritual power, and the fact that the two of us are under the same collective hallucination, this is more likely."
There were still some things that the old man did not understand. "But if it moves, what kind of rhythm does it follow? Why can't we sense it? "
Zuo Qingcang suddenly remembered. "Do you still remember those zombie monsters? If those tomb robbers were also trapped here and died, then why can the zombie monsters return to the entrance? "
"How did the zombie monsters return?" Zuo Qingcang frowned. "What's the difference between us and the zombie monsters?"
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