C161 Fork Road
C161 Fork Road
After all, the hall was only a few hundred meters wide, and a single illumination device could illuminate a range of dozens of meters. As long as she had a good grasp on the location, she could completely illuminate the entire hall, and this way, she wouldn't feel scared anymore. It would also allow her to familiarize herself with the environment of the tomb.
There were seven tunnels in this tomb, and he had to familiarize himself with them by tomorrow night. This way, he would be able to lay in ambush tomorrow night to reduce the enemy's strength, and then he would have to face them head on.
As he was not clear on the exact number of people and their strength, Lu Yang definitely could not act rashly. He had to observe the opponent's strength in secret in order to save Xiao Ling's grandfather, otherwise, the odds were against him.
After lighting up the pitch-black hall, Lu Yang came to Xiao Ling's side. Squatting down and patting her head, he said, "Xiao Ling, wait for me here. I'm going to walk around in the other six tunnels to familiarize myself with the environment inside."
But seeing Lu Yang's resolute expression, he could not help but nod his head. Although Xiao Ling knew how to get to the main hall of the ancient tomb, she did not know the situation she was in, because her grandfather had never brought her there, and had warned her not to go in, as it would be very dangerous for his. Thus, Xiao Ling had never gone in.
"Big brother, you have to be careful. I heard that grandpa said that the other six tunnels are hiding dangerous mechanisms. If you accidentally touch them, it can be very dangerous!"
Little Ling said worriedly.
She did not wish for anything to happen to Lu Yang, or else she would never have the chance to see her grandfather again. Other than that, although she had not interacted with Lu Yang for a long time, she could feel that this big brother of hers was very nice and approachable, so she naturally didn't want anything to happen to him.
"Alright, Ling Ling. Stay here by yourself and don't run around. I will come back to find you as soon as I'm familiar with the environment. Do you understand?" Lu Yang said with a smile.
"Mhmm, I got it. Big brother, be careful." Ling nodded and said again.
Lu Yang did not speak, he only smiled slightly at Little Ling, and then turned around and went back the way he came from.
When Lu Yang returned, he was extremely fast, and in less than a minute, he had completed the ten minutes' journey.
Lu Yang pondered for a while, and in the end, decided to start from the red door on the far left, go in, figure out the environment, and then continue with the next door. One by one, he walked through all six of the doors before tomorrow night.
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After entering the red stone door, Lu Yang slowly walked forward, took out the last illumination device, and illuminated the narrow stone path.
The walls inside the red stone door were different than the orange colored walls from before. The walls here were the same red as the red stone door, and as to what kind of stone it was, Lu Yang was extremely curious.
Lu Yang carefully walked forward, because he heard from Xiao Ling that there were traps in the six passages, if he accidentally touched them, it would bring about danger. With such a grand and majestic tomb, if it did not have some decent traps, it would not be acceptable.
Lu Yang guessed that the owner of the tomb must have an extraordinary strength. After all, to build such a majestic ancient tomb, the cost would be frighteningly terrifying.
As Lu Yang walked in the red colored stone passage, the spiritual force had already been released. The area of effect at the front of the passage was already within Lu Yang's perception range, if there was any mechanism or thing in front, Lu Yang would be able to feel it immediately if it was released.
After walking for a few dozen meters through the red tunnel, Lu Yang suddenly felt that something was amiss.
"Boom!" "Boom!" A short while after Lu Yang entered the red stone passage, he heard a loud bang. The ground beneath his feet also shook a little, after which it regained its tranquility, as if nothing had happened.
However, Lu Yang knew that this sound definitely did not come out for no reason, it should be caused by some kind of mechanism being activated and moving, but he himself clearly did not sense anything abnormal, how did he manage to trigger the mechanism? It seemed that this ancient tomb was truly mysterious, and the road ahead he was going to take must be extremely careful, or else he would really lose his life.
Unable to understand how the loud explosion was triggered, Lu Yang continued to walk in the red tunnel with suspicion. At this time, his walking speed had already increased a little, and if one were to say that he had triggered the mechanism of the ancient tomb for some unknown reason, then his slow movement seemed to have no meaning. When his spiritual force was released to an area of tens of metres around the tunnel, he did not sense anything strange, but a loud explosion still occurred.
Therefore, Lu Yang decided to speed up, otherwise he might not have the time to walk through all six gates.
Although he sped up, Lu Yang was still even more vigilant. The spiritual force had always been released, and if there was anything strange in front of him, Lu Yang would sense it immediately and react accordingly.
At the same time, Lu Yang who was quickly moving forward in the red tunnel already had the Dragon Slaying Sword in his hand. If he encountered an emergency, he would be able to respond in time.
In this kind of unknown environment, being cautious was always the best thing to do. No matter what, he would immediately react.
However, even if Lu Yang was being extremely careful, he did not know that the moment he entered the red tunnel, he had already activated the mechanisms inside. Soon, he would be in danger from the traps.
"Puff puff puff …" Lu Yang who was still in the middle of the passage suddenly sensed that something was amiss with the stone wall beside him, following that, the wall actually opened up a large hole the size of a washbasin, following that, dozens of silver needles shot out, straight at the shocked Lu Yang.
Fortunately, Lu Yang had reacted quickly, and was detected the moment the stone wall made any movements. He immediately dodged and avoided the densely packed silver needles attack.
"Ding ding ding …" That cluster of silver needles did not hit Lu Yang, but instead all of them struck the other side of the stone wall, causing a "ding ding ding" sound.
As for the originally smooth and clean red stone wall, many small spots had been pierced by the densely packed silver needles. To those people who were intensely afraid of the stone wall, this scene was indeed a little scary, but it was still okay for Lu Yang. He was not afraid of the densely packed marks.
After barely dodging the attack of the silver needles, Lu Yang wiped the cold sweat off his forehead, and waited for the mechanism on the stone wall to turn off, then he walked over to the stone wall which was somewhat messy due to the needles.
The silver needles were extremely powerful, but they could only leave a small mark on the wall. Seems like the building materials of the stone wall were not ordinary hard, and the value of the needles was not low either. However, Lu Yang did not plan to dig the stone wall out to sell.
After a period of false alarm, Lu Yang continued to advance forward for tens of metres. The trouble came again.
"Crap, we've reached the fork in the road so quickly. Which path should we take next?" At this time, another seven paths of different colors appeared in front of Lu Yang, making him speechless.
"Why does the architect of this tomb have such a hobby? Does he really like the colors of the rainbow? The entire passageway is filled with these seven colors, it really makes one speechless."
"Forget it, let's start with the red one."
After hesitating for a while, Lu Yang decided to enter the red passage on the far left.
As Lu Yang went deeper and deeper, he discovered that the road was actually wider and wider. However, there were fewer forks in the road, and even after walking for tens of minutes, he still only encountered three.