Chapter 31: Crossing the Galaxy (Part 2)
The retreat route is blocked!
No one had thought of this. The reason they dared to linger here for a while was because they still had a way out. At worst, they could just climb back up the slope. However... the tomb owner did not intend to let them leave.
"Don't panic!" Jiang Xian said in a deep voice: "Mercury is not moving very fast, it can't flow here for the time being..."
Before he finished speaking, a strange sound of a machine amplifier slowly sounded. In the endless darkness ahead, a crack suddenly appeared.
A silvery seam.
"Seventh grandson..." The pupils of the Eight-Armed Arhat suddenly widened. He couldn't even muster the energy to curse, and muttered. Ling Xiaozi was also stunned, and said in astonishment: "This idiot..."
Boom boom! The next second, a shocking sound covered all language. Countless tons of mercury fell from the gap, as if the gate of heaven was broken and the Chu River was opened. A silver waterfall appeared between heaven and earth in an instant.
Swish! The five-meter-high city wall became a natural river. The original speed was only a stream. But now, it suddenly gathered into a long river! It rushed towards everyone.
There were wolves in front and tigers behind. The silver-white tide expanded rapidly in front of everyone's eyes. Her heart began to beat wildly again. Hong Si Niang wiped the corner of her mouth and gritted her teeth and said, "Two minutes."
"The mercury tide will arrive here in two minutes at the latest. The speed of mercury is not much slower than that of water."
How to do it?
No one spoke, and they were desperately thinking of countermeasures. After a few seconds, the Eight-Armed Arhat raised his head and said, "Both sides!"
"Go over the battlements on both sides!"
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Xian's exquisite dice had already flown out, and just as it flew over the top of the battlement, it touched something. A tooth-grinding clicking sound suddenly came from both sides of the battlement.
"Fuck you..." Ling Xiaozi cursed with trembling lips. With the sound of the machine gun, four sharp spears instantly pierced out from the battlements on both sides! If anyone was on top of it now, they would be turned into meat skewers immediately!
"It's so unfair!" His eyes were red, and he grabbed his short hair tightly. "It's been almost two thousand years, how come the mechanisms are still working? Aren't they damaged?"
"Chrome-plated." Jiang Xian's face was also very ugly: "Super-era contact... All the mechanisms here are made of metal, so there is such a loud noise, and these metals are chrome-plated. They will not be damaged for thousands of years."
"What should we do now? Wait for death?!" Chu Ziyi clasped his hands on his head, his fingers white as he scratched his scalp, his eyes wide open. In his field of vision, the silver-white tsunami swallowed everything! Wherever it passed, all the mercury corpses were destroyed, the front waves piled up behind, like a silver-white dragon awakening.
At this time, the mercury waterfall finally stopped flowing. However, this did not help the current situation. It dumped at least hundreds of tons of mercury! Silver is much heavier than water. Such a huge river of mercury smashed down... Even if it didn't kill them, it would cripple them!
"Why are you panicking?" Jiang Xian's chest rose and fell sharply, and his eyes quickly swept around. Where could he get through? Is there any way he could use?
Chrome Metal…Mercury…Great Wall…Metal…Metal?!
At the critical moment of life and death, everyone's potential will be stimulated without limit . Jiang Xian's eyes suddenly lit up, and he raised his head and said quickly: "Who can't lie on the side of the battlement?"
"Side... side?" Ling Xiaozi suddenly raised his eyes and looked towards the battlements.
Ancient battlements were connected to the city walls and had a hole in the center. The scientific name is battlement, and the hole is also called a battlement hole. The protruding battlement body was used to protect the soldiers, while the battlement hole was used to shoot outward.
"You mean... we hide in the battlements?"
"Are you kidding?" Ling Xiaozi had just finished speaking when Chu Ziyi roared, "We are blocked from behind. Blocked, understand? This is a slope! There are five-meter walls on both sides! The mercury won't fade away at all! First, we don't know how long this mercury waterfall will last, and second, if we stay so close to the mercury for too long, we will get mercury poisoning!"
Boom! At this moment, a deafening roar echoed through the cave. Everyone's eyes turned to the silver dragon, which had already rushed over two-thirds of the way and smashed hard on the tower closest to them. In an instant, it was like a raging wave hitting the shore, rolling up thousands of piles of snow. This scene was magnificent and shocking. However, the ticket to watch it was the life of the person who entered.
The last third... the speed at which the mercury is rushing in is much faster than expected! In at most thirty seconds... this place will become a silvery white world.
Jiang Xian took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said to everyone: "Do you believe me?"
"If I don't believe you, who else can I believe?" Ling Xiaozi wanted to bite him: "Jiang, I'm telling you, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go!"
"I have a plan!" Jiang Xian panted slightly and looked at everyone: "We need to do this..."
Everyone listened carefully, their faces changing constantly. Fifteen seconds later, Jiang Xian glanced at everyone and asked, "Do you understand?"
"No one can make any mistakes! We must clearly define our division of labor! If anyone makes a mistake, our gear will collapse immediately! No one will get out alive!"
No one spoke, they just looked at Jiang Xian with shocked eyes. But now was not the time to sigh, Jiang Xian punched everyone in the chest without hesitation, and shouted through his teeth: "Do you understand?! Speak!!"
"I understand." Hong Si Niang retracted her gaze, shook her head fiercely, and then looked at Jiang Xian again: "Is it feasible?"
"This is the only way." Chu Ziyi licked his lips and panted: "I don't want to die!!"
very good.
Jiang Xian snapped his fingers, making a clicking sound, and shouted, "Start!"
The next second, everyone took out their gas masks and put them on their faces. At the same time, they quickly tied up their sleeves and trouser legs, pulled their collars up to the highest point, and tied them tightly with a belt. Then, everyone stood in front of the passage, facing the crazy silver dragon.
Boom boom! The silver river covered the sky and the earth. Only when you looked at it from the front could you feel its horror. Layer upon layer, countless mercury beads were like broken jade, and the distance between them was no more than 20 meters!
"Get ready..." Jiang Xian felt his mouth dry, and the sound of his heartbeat even overwhelmed the roar of the silver dragon. He silently calculated the time in his heart.
Fifteen meters.
Kakaka! Everyone squatted down, pouring all their strength into their thighs. Even some brick corners on the ground were cracked.
Ten meters!
Everyone took a deep breath and held it in their chest. Their eyes widened as wide as they could, and everyone's facial features were slightly distorted.
Chu Ziyi shook hands and felt his palms were sticky.
Five meters!
At the moment of five meters, Jiang Xian roared: "Jump!!"
Then, everyone turned around and climbed up the wall at the back.
The gecko wall-climbing technique...at least among the five people present here, every one of them knows how to do it.
Time seemed to stop at this moment.
As they climbed up the wall, the surging silver dragon crashed into their original position. From above, they could clearly see that those priceless thousands of years old mercury corpses were floating helplessly on the mercury like dead trees washed away by a flood. The entire wall trembled violently.
"Hold on tight!" At this time, only Jiang Xian, Hong Si Niang and Eight-armed Arhat were still able to speak. Chu Ziyi's face was flushed red, and his claws were stretched out, clawing at the wall. Two meters below their feet was the mad silver dragon.
If you fall down, there is no chance of survival.
Dededede... Even Chu Ziyi's teeth were trembling slightly. But what was even more terrifying was... He found that he had overestimated himself.
It's been too long... It's been too long since he's experienced such a high-intensity exploration. He is no longer the same person he was back then. The gecko wall-climbing skill requires a breath of true energy to be stored in the dantian, but he... can't hold it anymore.
Ta-da-da—his arms were trembling slightly, and the buttons on his camouflage uniform tapped against the wall. Everyone turned their eyes and stared at him in astonishment with their mouths slightly open.
"I... may not be able to hold on anymore..." He said silently with his lips, forcing a smile on his face that was uglier than crying.
Shit!
Jiang Xian cursed inwardly. Isn't he the head of Wudianmei? Isn't he the third exploration team of Shenzhou? The famous Shenzhou! The all-powerful Shenzhou! How did he fall in love with you?
But now is not the time to talk about this. Jiang Xian looked at the nearly calmed river of mercury and shouted decisively: "Hold on for three seconds!!"
"In three seconds, jump down!!"
Three seconds?... Chu Ziyi closed his eyes. He counted silently in his heart: three...
At the same time, Jiang Xian jumped down without hesitation.
Facing the snow-white silver dragon, it was like an ant trying to shake a tree.
He was only about ten meters away from the silver dragon, and it would take less than two seconds for him to fall into the long river of mercury. However, the expected sound of falling into the water did not sound. At the moment he fell into the long river of mercury, a large black umbrella opened in front of the silver dragon.
Crash! As it opened, the mercury below rolled out crazily, exploding layer by layer, like a blooming ephemeral flower. With two swishing sounds, the edge of the black umbrella actually stretched out two layers in succession! The diameter reached six meters! Like a black lotus. Blooming on the pale dragon spine!
One... After Chu Ziyi counted this number, all the strength in his body was drained away. His faith disappeared, and he closed his eyes, his mind empty as he fell.
Boom! He felt something solid beneath his body. He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened his eyes and looked around with red eyes. He suddenly discovered... that huge umbrella was floating on the mercury!
"It works... It really works!! It really works!! Hahahaha!" He was stunned for three seconds, then suddenly laughed like crazy. Jiang Xian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief: "Most metals can float on mercury. Of course, this is a discovery made in later generations. At that time, I'm afraid no one would have thought that there would be such an umbrella... What are you doing standing there, come down quickly."
Ling Xiaozi floated and landed steadily on the umbrella. As soon as he landed, he looked at Jiang Xian: "How the hell did you come up with this?"
Jiang Xian shook his head as if exhausted, and answered with his eyes closed: "Gold, silver, and iron can all float on mercury. The only thing that can sink is osmium. Of course, whether it can float or not also depends on the area and volume of the mercury."
He opened his eyes, unable to muster any strength. He said calmly, "This Great Wall is thirty meters long. When the long black rope is fully extended, it is six meters long, with a buoyancy area of one-fifth. I guess even if a few people are added to it, they won't fall in. After all... people are not heavier than metal - in a word, the pool is small enough, nothing can sink. This is the only solution to the 'Great Wall Mercury Dragon'."
Ling Xiaozi nodded, and it took him half a second to react: "Long straight black hair?"
Jiang Xian pointed downwards: "Its name."
Ling Xiaozi curled his lips... I suspect you are not referring to the umbrella... No, I suspect you are driving, but I have no evidence...
"Hey." Hong Si Niang's dissatisfied voice came from above: "You guys are still in the mood to joke now? Can you start moving?"
Although it floated, this Great Wall was downhill. They had to reach the upper reaches to truly escape this killing situation.
"Do it." Jiang Xian said in a deep voice: "Remember, the order must not be messed up! If we can't get to the top, it depends on everyone!"
As soon as the voice fell, the figures of Hong Si Niang and Eight-Armed Arhat had already floated down - the gecko wall-climbing skill sounds good, but if you can hold on there for one minute you are considered an expert, and two minutes is a grandmaster. They cannot use this skill to climb over the top.
He took a deep breath, which only went in but not out. His body expanded as if he had been blown up. However, his weight seemed to have disappeared. He stepped lightly on the umbrella handle. Then... he rushed directly towards the battlement!
