The Spirit of Gourmet

Chapter 251 The Ancient Castle Full of Mechanisms

"Squeak-"

With a sickeningly loud sound of a wooden door opening, Qin Lang and his companions cautiously entered the dimly lit castle.

"Why aren't the lights on?" Cao Dongdong couldn't help but complain. "I remember the last time I came here, but..."

"Snapped--"

Before he could finish speaking, a crisp switch clicked, and then all the lights inside the castle lit up, illuminating the ancient and magnificent furnishings, causing Qin Lang and the others to gasp in surprise.

"Maybe they turned off the lights to save electricity because there were no tourists," Zhao Qian guessed. "It still looks very nice when the lights are on."

“Indeed.” Qin Lang nodded slightly, admiring the castle decorations before him. “If the treasure map is correct, Mr. Ye Zhen’s father must have hidden the treasure here.”

"But if you hide in a tourist area like this, won't you be discovered and taken away by others?"

"It's hard to say where it would be, but you can rest assured about hiding things here." Cao Dongdong chuckled. "Do you know what the most interesting place in Rosemary Castle is?"

“I know, it’s a mechanism!” Zhao Qian exclaimed excitedly. “It’s said that the original owner of the castle was a passionate enthusiast of mechanisms.”

"Therefore, the interior of this seemingly simple castle is full of all sorts of unexpected mechanisms. Just touching one of them could cause a huge change in the layout of the castle."

“That’s right!” Cao Dongdong nodded. “Rosemary Manor is a manor built into a maze. If tourists don’t have a map, it will be very difficult for them to get out.”

"And Rosemary Castle, the most important attraction at Rosemary Manor, is also a special mystery..."

"Click——"

A crisp sound suddenly rang out in the quiet castle, interrupting Cao Dongdong's words.

The three of them looked at Zuo Ge, who was not far away. As if he had done something wrong, he hurriedly put the vase back in its place and explained hastily.

"I just saw it on this vase..."

Before Zog could finish speaking, a hole suddenly appeared in the originally solid castle floor, and Zog, caught off guard, fell right down.

"Left!"

Qin Lang exclaimed in surprise and was about to step forward when he suddenly felt his feet lighten, and in the next instant, he fell uncontrollably.

"Qin Lang?!"

Cao Dongdong and Zhao Qian stared wide-eyed, and just as they were about to move, holes appeared beneath their feet at the same time, swallowing them both.

As all four fell into the hole, the four openings in the castle floor slowly closed, as if nothing had happened, with only the flickering lights dancing quietly.

A moment later, two figures reappeared at the entrance of the castle.

“Qin Lang and the other three should be here.” Lomi glanced around, her expression becoming certain. “There are their footprints at the door.”

"Let's go in and take a look." Liu Chuang's eyes gleamed with excitement. "This time, Qin Lang and the others won't be able to escape our grasp!"

With that, Liu Chuang charged into the castle and shouted into the castle, "Qin Lang, I want to fight you again!"

There was no response from inside the castle; only Liu Chuang's voice echoed in the empty castle.

"Huh?" Liu Chuang was stunned when he saw this.

“We’re slower than them; they’ve probably gone deeper into the castle,” Lomi remarked casually as she followed them into the castle.

The next moment, a dull thud suddenly came from behind.

"Boom-"

Lomi and Liu Chuang turned around in surprise at the same time. The castle gate, which had been open when they entered, had closed by itself at some point.

"What's going on?" Lomi exclaimed, rushing towards the door and pulling hard on the handles on both sides, trying to reopen it. However, no matter how hard she tried, the door remained firmly in place.

"I'll help!" Liu Chuang stepped forward, but even with his help, the castle gate still showed no sign of opening.

"Thump!" Liu Chuang slammed his fist into the castle gate, a look of tension flashing in his eyes. "Damn it! What's going on?"

The next instant, all the lights inside the castle went out.

After a deathly silence, a scream rang out.

"what!!!"
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"duang~"

With a dull thud, Qin Lang, who was falling, felt as if he had passed through a curved pipe, then crashed into something soft like cotton, and then bounced up sharply before falling again.

After repeating this several times, the impact of the fall was completely buffered, and Qin Lang regained his footing, looking at the darkness around him.

"Egg Baby, use Light Convergence!"

"Gulu~"

Egg Baby, who had been held in Qin Lang's arms the whole time, responded with a sound, and golden light energy surged around him, quickly illuminating the surroundings.

At this moment, Qin Lang was sitting on a soft cushion that had been deliberately placed there, with a tunnel in front of him that clearly showed signs of human repair.

Using the light to climb down the soft mat, Qin Lang quickly found unlit torches on the walls on both sides of the tunnel.

With Danbao's help, Qin Lang lit the fire and quickly summoned Lala. At the same time, he took out his phone to contact the other three.

Although he only saw Zuo Ge fall when he landed, if he wasn't mistaken, Zhao Qian and Cao Dongdong were also not spared.

But after landing, he found himself all alone.

Considering the pipes they passed through during their descent, it was clear that the mechanism Zuo Ge touched had completely separated the four of them.

What we need to do now is to reunite as soon as possible and then find a way to get out.

But seeing the no signal icon on his phone, Qin Lang's expression immediately turned helpless. "Are the mechanisms in Rosemary Castle really that ruthless?"

They even considered signal jamming!

"It seems we can only rely on each other now."

With a helpless shrug, Qin Lang carried his companions and walked into the tunnel.

At first, Qin Lang's progress was smooth, because the cushion where he fell was the end of the tunnel, and there was only one way to go through the tunnel.

But soon, Qin Lang arrived at the fork in the tunnel.

"A maze..."

Thinking of Zhao Qian and Cao Dongdong's description of Rosemary Castle, Qin Lang's helpless expression deepened. "This is not my area of ​​expertise."

After carefully comparing the two almost identical entrances to the passage ahead, Qin Lang finally noticed a clue after a while.

Although the slope is very gentle, the left lane is clearly uphill, while the right lane is a flat road.

Although we don't know how long he's been down there, he's definitely underground now.

Therefore, the uphill road is very likely the exit side!
"A mere maze? You think you can stump me?" A confident look appeared on Qin Lang's face as he pointed to the entrance on the left.

"Let's go this way!"

(End of this chapter)