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CHAPTER 44 MECHANICAL GRAPHY AND THE SCREENING OF THE LITTLE MONKEY
As for Ling Qingyun and the rest, they rescued Elder Chen from the trap, while the little monkey and Chen Wei had a quarrel. Meanwhile, Xiao Li was wandering around in the darkness. His skill in imitating wild beasts was incredible. He was like a snake in a group of snakes, but those snakes didn't seem to be repulsed at all.
Xiao Li continued to swim in one direction, but he still couldn't find the end even after walking for about three kilometers. This made him apprehensive. Just how big was this place!? Even though his life was not in danger, he couldn't stay like this forever!
Xiao Li stopped walking and stopped moving. He had to hurry and find a way out. Old Zhao and Xiao Ying were still outside. If anything happened to him, he would die for sure. Thinking of this, he regretted his recklessness a little. Why would he think of revenge? If he did not come, he would not have been trapped in this damned place.
Just as Xiao Li was at a loss for what to do, he suddenly heard a faint sound coming from the top of his head. He immediately listened attentively and faintly heard the intermittent cursing voices, ”You bunch of idiots... ”These are all rice buckets …” Finally, he heard a sentence, ”That is the mechanism diagram of our Earth Foundation's headquarters …”
When Xiao Li heard this, he could vaguely hear the sound of Lieutenant Shen Bu cursing in his head. Inwardly, he thought, ”This Lieutenant Shen Bu is so angry, and he's right on top. Could it be that the mechanism map he mentioned just now was placed on top?” Oh yeah, he was talking about the mechanism map of Earth Kun Altar. Hmm, maybe we can take a look and maybe we can find a way out of here. ”
Xiao Li immediately took out the two Treasure Chests that he had stolen from the secret room above and thought, ”If one of them contains the mechanism diagram of the Earth Kun Altar, then the other treasure box might contain the secret manual for the 'Star Gazing Palm'? ”If that's true, then I can let them truly regret it for a while.” As he thought about this, he unconsciously searched for the two treasure boxes, looking for the place to open.
When he had first seen the box, he had fallen into a trap. Now, in the darkness, he could only slowly touch the box to familiarize himself with it. He felt the lock on the box, but it made Xiao Li suspicious. There was only one lock on such a tightly guarded treasure box. He wondered if this Earth Kun Main Altar was too confident in its mechanisms or if it didn't believe that someone dared to steal from it.
Xiao Li thought as he grabbed the lock on the box, wanting to rip it off. However, his heart suddenly changed as he thought to himself, There are all sorts of traps in this Earth Kun Main Altar that are hard to guard against. Thinking of this, he stopped and carefully touched the box again. This time, he did it very meticulously, not missing a single spot. He even repeatedly touched the side of the box, and finally felt something strange from a certain place.
In fact, Xiao Li was quite lucky. If he had been in the light, he would not have touched the box so carefully, only with his naked eye. Yin Sun had made the box flawless, but now, with his naked eye, he couldn't see anything unusual.
Xiao Li touched the rune on the left side of the box and found that it was broken. Even though the broken rune was faintly discernible and could be ignored by others, Xiao Li still held on tightly. He was now afraid of the mechanism of the Earth Kun Main Altar. Even if he did not give up on this clue, he immediately began to search the cracks on the box. In the end, he found three such weak cracks on the box. Xiao Li immediately knew that this was definitely not a coincidence. It was possible that this box was split into three inches. However, the distance between the locks was only two inches. This meant that his judgement was correct. This box was indeed strange.
Xiao Li thought to himself, ”Since this split is hidden so deeply, it must have some use. Let's try it out first.” He immediately used his strength to break the box, and with a cracking sound, the box was broken into two halves. Xiao Li touched the bottom part of the box and found an iron plate. He touched the middle part of the metal plate and found a small protruding piece. Xiao Li smiled in understanding, ”It seems this is the mechanism to open the box.” He quickly pressed on the protrusion and with a ”kacha” sound, the metal plate automatically flipped up.
Xiao Li reached his hand into the box and felt around. There was something like a book in his hand. He took out the item, but was in no hurry to look at it. He took out the other box and took out the item in the box according to the law. The item inside seemed to be a scroll.
Xiao Li immediately tore off a piece of fabric from his body and lit it up. Only then did he carefully observe what was inside the two precious boxes in his hands.
He first took out the book in the first box, and saw that it was written on top of the box: Cardinal's record. He first took out the book in the first box, and saw that it was written on top of it: Cardinal's record. However, when Xiao Li saw the words on the scroll, he was elated. He hadn't run away in vain. As expected, he had stolen the secret scripture of the Star Gazing Palm.
At this moment, he tore off a piece of cloth and lit it up. As he saw that there were two boxes on the floor, and that the floor of one of the boxes was somewhat different, he took them and saw that the floor of one of the boxes was slightly yellow, as if something had been placed on it. He hurriedly reached into the box to scoop up a piece of silk and unfurled it to take a look, and he was surprised to find that there was a map drawn on the silk.
Xiao Li immediately focused his attention to look at the diagram. It was extremely detailed and there were even some inscriptions at the side. Xiao Li found his location very quickly. He was at the bottom of the hidden treasure chamber, which was a very large plaza. It was clearly indicated that this was a place to train in secret, and when a strong enemy attacked, it was also a refuge.
When Xiao Li took a quick look at the map, he couldn't help but marvel at how powerful this Lou Guang Sect was. It had actually hollowed out a large area of Mount Qilian and created a massive mechanical project. How much time did it take? The entire Qilian Mountains had been divided into eight levels, with the hidden treasure chamber located at the center of the fifth level. There was no mechanism here, it was the largest, and also the simplest, with three levels below him: the third level, the control level; the second level, leading directly to the outside world. Xiao Li's secret chamber, which he had fought with Gan Chi and the others, belonged to this level; the third level was underneath the Earth Grand Altar, where Ling Qingyun and the others were currently located. Xiao Li carefully calculated that the place he walked past was only the tip of the iceberg on this map. However, the danger within it was already a nine out of ten chance of death. Xiao Li couldn't help but shudder at the thought of this. He thought to himself, 'If I go through the secret area of the Earth Kun Main Altar, I probably won't be able to return alive because the mechanisms I come in contact with are all poisonous substances and small concealed weapons, but many other places are mechanisms of boulders, wood, and other things. No matter how much I fear poison, I will still be crushed to death by the stone counter.
Xiao Li was shivering while Ling Qingyun and the rest were in big trouble.