Eternal Sword

Chapter 154 Mechanism
The young man came to the seat of the Wushan village chief, reached out his hand to feel around, and soon found the protruding stone.

Then the young man slowly turned the stone to the left, closed his eyes and listened attentively.

After turning half a circle, the young man suddenly stopped and started to turn right again.

It slowly rotated one and a half circles, then suddenly stopped and began to rotate to the left.

After two laps, the entire seat suddenly shook.

The young man opened his eyes.

Then, behind the seat of the Wushan village chief, the stone slabs on both sides slowly opened, revealing a row of stone steps leading down, and inside was a dark tunnel.

Yuwen Heigou nodded secretly.

He only knew a little about mechanical engineering, so it would take him at least half an hour to crack this mechanism.

It only took the young man a dozen breaths to open the mechanism.

This kind of mechanical technique and ingenious skills are difficult for ordinary people to master.

Looking at the entrance below, Chen Tang and the other three looked at each other, still a little hesitant.

As if seeing the doubts in Chen Tang and the other three's hearts, the young man said in a deep voice: "I haven't been down there to check it out either. It's a good opportunity to go down and take a look."

After saying that, the young man picked up a torch from the side, lit it, and then went down the tunnel first carrying the torch.

The eldest grandson followed closely behind.

The next Yuwen Heigou.

Dugu Qingcheng was about to go down, but Chen Tang suddenly grabbed her and whispered, "You stay up there. We need to leave someone here. If anything unexpected happens, there will be someone outside to help."

Dugu Qingcheng changed her mind and agreed.

Right.

In case this group of people entered the dungeon and triggered some mechanism, causing the dungeon to close again, she could stay there and reopen it.

Chen Tang's move was just to be on the safe side. It would be best if there were no accidents.

The four of them went down the stone steps, and after walking about three meters, they finally stepped onto flat ground again.

Ahead was a long corridor with blue brick walls on both sides and rows of oil lamps lit.

The young man frowned slightly and gestured to Chen Tang and the other two, indicating that they should wait here for a while.

Then he came to the edge of the corridor and squatted down to check.

Knock a few times here and listen for a while over there.

A moment later, the young man suddenly threw the torch in his hand heavily toward the front of the corridor.

The torch fell in the middle of the corridor.

Swish!
In the cracks of the walls on both sides, several blades as thin as cicada wings suddenly appeared, intertwined with each other, and then sank into the cracks of the blue bricks and disappeared.

Chen Tang and the other two were secretly shocked.

The blades just now were divided into two positions, the upper one corresponds to the throat, and the lower one corresponds to the ankles!
Even if you can avoid the top, you may not be able to avoid the top.

If you rashly enter the corridor, you will inevitably trigger the mechanisms on both sides of the wall, which is extremely dangerous!

The Ten Ghosts of Wushan were very cautious. Not only did they hide the dungeon so secretly, but they also set up mechanical traps in the dungeon.

The young man held the dagger, drew a few marks on the sand, and then began to walk towards the corridor.

I saw him first leaning against the left wall, taking three steps, then coming to the center of the corridor and taking five steps forward.

Next, come to the right wall, walk forward along the wall, and come to the end of the corridor.

The young man used two daggers to dig open a few blue bricks at the end of the corridor, looked inside for a while, fiddled with it for a long time, then he breathed a sigh of relief and walked back in the corridor with confidence.

"Let's go. I have broken the mechanism in the corridor."

The young man said, "Let's go first."

It was not until this moment that Chen Tang and the other two let down their guard and followed the young man.

When you reach the end of the corridor, the view ahead suddenly opens up and the structure is a bit like a prison in a government office.

However, it is much bigger than the prison in the government office, with cells built on both sides, and all the prisoners inside are half-naked women!
There are about dozens of people in each cell.

At a glance, there are twelve cells here, and there are hundreds of women imprisoned!

What shocked Chen Tang and others even more was that most of these women were pregnant. They were pale and terrified, hiding in the corners of the cell and trembling.

"So many people?" Chang Sun Ming was furious. He clenched his fists, his eyes were filled with murderous intent, and he said coldly, "Are the Ten Ghosts of Wushan beasts?"

When the young man saw this scene, he just frowned slightly, but his expression was not surprised.

"No, don't come over."

Chang Sun Ming stepped forward, broke the bronze lock of a prison with one shot, and opened the prison door.

The women huddled in the corner were so frightened that their faces turned pale and their voices trembled. It was hard to imagine what they had been through.

"The Ten Ghosts of Wushan are all dead, and Wushan Village has been destroyed by us!"

Chang Sun Ming said in a deep voice: "Don't be afraid, go home from now on."

"Where do we have a home anymore..."

A woman said miserably.

Chang Sun Ming remained silent upon hearing this, and his anger grew even stronger.

"Something's wrong."

Chen Tang frowned slightly, feeling that something was wrong.

Yuwen Heigou seemed to have noticed something as well and was deep in thought.

"what happened?"

Chang Sun Ming asked.

Chen Tang said: "Even if the Wushan Ten Ghosts are very beastly, there is no need for them to capture so many women, right?"

"What's that?"

Chang Sun Ming said: "The emperor still has three thousand beauties in his harem."

Yuwen Heigou shook his head and said, "If it was just to vent their animal desires, the Wushan Ten Ghosts would not have made these women pregnant, let alone kept them pregnant until now."

Then, he pointed to a cell and said, "There are ten pregnant women over there, all dressed neatly. They look like they are seven or eight months pregnant and about to give birth. I'm afraid there is another purpose for locking them up together."

The three of them looked at each other and thought of the same thing at the same time.

“Tribute!”

The three of them blurted out.

What is the purpose of offering a pregnant woman about to give birth as a tribute to the mother?
The three were still puzzled.

"What do you all know?"

Chang Sun Ming asked several women.

It is unknown how long the women here have been detained. Most of them are unconscious and their answers are incoherent.

But it was roughly the same as they guessed.

Every once in a while, a woman who is about to give birth in the dungeon will be chosen by the Ten Ghosts of Wushan and taken away.

Since then, these women have never returned.

The young man stood aside without saying a word, but a trace of pity appeared on his face.

"what do you know?"

Chen Tang looked at the young man and asked in a deep voice.

The young man didn't answer, but just sighed and said, "Let's save them first."

After saying that, several people stepped forward and broke all the copper locks of the cell.

The women in the cell still couldn't believe it.

Some of the newly detained women had not been tortured yet and were still clear-headed. They tentatively walked out of the cell and followed Chen Tang and the other three.

After making sure there was no danger, the other women in the cell supported each other and walked out.

"Someone escaped from the cell before, but he couldn't get out. His body was cut in half."

A woman said timidly.

Chen Tang and the other three recalled the mechanism they encountered in the corridor.

Perhaps, that mechanism was designed to trap these women.

(End of this chapter)