Tiangong Qi Tan Zhi Shu Lake

Mr. Li's fingers flicked over the map of the maze. According to the diagram, there is no exit inside the Ouroboros maze, and it can only be opened from the outside. Seeing this, he sighed deeply, feeling a bit of pity for Jiang Chuan in the maze.

At this time, another person came to report: "Another candidate has entered the Ouroboros maze."

The crowd was amazed.

"Who?" Master Li asked hurriedly.

"Student Hu Changjian."

Master Li put down the drawing, frowned, and murmured, "How could it be him?"

Inside the Ouroboros Maze.

Jiang Chuan has already confirmed that he is walking in a circle. There is no door leading to the outside of the maze. Even the door he entered just now can't be found, as if it disappeared out of thin air.

To be exact, it was devoured.

Just as he thought of this, he suddenly heard the sound of running footsteps, from far to near.

Startled, Jiang Chuan thought to himself, this person's sloppy footsteps would definitely trigger the mechanism, so he immediately held his breath and pricked up his ears.

He has extremely high hearing, he can hear flower petals falling through the door, and he can tell which direction the wind is blowing in the secret room, so the slight sound on the cave wall cannot escape his ears at all.

Da da da is the sound of the shut-off valve turning, and clatter is the sound of the buckle being dropped.

The mechanism valve comes from the cave wall, and there are thousands of gears connected to each other, which is very precise.Judging from the speed at which people run, the pace is rapid and staggering.And he knew along the way that if he was not careful, the mechanism would be triggered.

At this time, there is endless darkness behind him, is there another passage?While Jiang Chuan was thinking, that person suddenly appeared in front of him.He subconsciously stretched out his hand to grab him, but the opponent fought back, and without knowing what happened, he suddenly fell to the ground.

He took a closer look, and it was Hu Changjian who came.

Just now, Hu Changjian fought with Fu Yu in the maze, angered Fu Yu, and beat him up. After the beating, he left him and went into the secret room alone to look for Jiang Chuan.

Hu Changjian didn't get the token back, so he didn't give up, rushed into the secret room and continued to fight with Fu Yu, but was kicked by Fu Yu into the smallest door on the wall of the secret room in a rage.

He was stupefied, and after he came in, he ran all the way, tired and out of breath. At this moment, he huddled in the corner like a frightened bird, curled up into a shrimp, buried his head in his chest, and danced wildly with his hands: "Don't...don't Don't... don't come here..."

Jiang Chuan saw that his clothes were also wrinkled and his hair was crooked, so he called him twice, but he ignored him. As soon as his hand touched him, he subconsciously blocked it.

Jiang Chuan knelt down, grabbed Hu Changjian's shoulder, and said calmly and gently, "Hu Changjian, look at me, I'm Jiang Chuan."

Hu Changjian struggled for a while, then seemed to freeze, and looked at Jiang Chuan in astonishment.

"There are many dangers in this maze. If you run, the trap will be triggered. I can only tie you up." After Jiang Chuan finished speaking, he pulled out Hu Changjian's belt.

Hu Changjian was furious, but perhaps he was tired from running and wanted to struggle but couldn't use his strength, so he had to let Jiang Chuan tie his hands and feet

At this time, Jiang Chuan was completely confused. Hu Changjian was walking the same road with him. Before, he only needed to go to a new place and disappeared a short distance behind him. This kid seemed to come out of the ground. Wall over wall?

He knew it was impossible.The so-called being swallowed or disappearing is just an illusion created by those who are in it, and those who come later can still follow the path he walked.

At this time, Hu Changjian was cursing and cursing. He probably didn't know what he was cursing. He just wanted to have a good time: "You young man, a villain from a humble family, a bastard mung bean cake, a little bastard who can't be on the table, chop it up and throw it into the sea to feed the fish Untouchables who have no fish to eat..."

Jiang Chuan glanced back at him, just when he was about to bite the bullet and look back.Hu Changjian suddenly shouted: "You can't look back, otherwise you will never want to go out again!"

Jiang Chuan untied the restraints on his hands and feet, and asked, "The back seems to have disappeared, do you know what happened?"

Hu Changjian opened his mouth and came: "Called... called the dog to eat!"

Jiang Chuan looked at him: "There are only you and me in this maze. People outside can't help you. Now, only I can help you out. So, you'd better tell me everything you know."

When Hu Changjian heard this, he immediately raised his head, with a look of disdain on his face, "You are a mud bodhisattva crossing the river yourself, and you dare to help me get out by boasting."

Jiang Chuan didn't want to talk to him anymore, and said bluntly: "Hu Changjian, you must be familiar with this place."

Although Hu Changjian is a dude, he is not an idiot. He knew that Jiang Chuan must have become suspicious when he asked such a question.If he didn't say anything, Jiang Chuan would definitely stay by his side, unless he didn't want to go out.

After hesitating for a long time, he said, "Actually...in this maze, there is no exit at all..." After finishing speaking, he cursed: "You two are the ones who killed me. If I can't enter Shangfang Academy, you two don't think!".

Jiang Chuan remained silent and just looked at him like that.

Hu Changjian looked up at him, cleared his throat triumphantly, and said, "Have you heard of 'Self-Eater'? Before it was transformed into an examination room by the Ministry of Industry, this was the 'Dao of the Devourer'."

Jiang Chuan was taken aback.

Of course he had.

It is rumored that there is a creature named Ouroboros in the world, which has no eyes, no ears, is hermaphrodite, and self-devouring. It is the so-called 'self-eater'.

"No wonder it's so amazing after coming in." Jiang Chuan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Hearing this, Hu Changjian felt a little proud again, "Actually, this garden was donated by my father to Qingzhou Academy. I played here since I was a child. It was written by Zhou Jin, a descendant of Zhou Mu, the former Minister of Industry .”

Jiang Chuan has heard of Zhou Jin, and it is said that this person is a fan of Jiang Xuantong and highly admires Mohism.I thought to myself, could it be that the maze here was designed by Zhou Jin, not the Mohist?

"Zhou Jin has always kept a low profile. After the beam was destroyed, she went to Beiliang. How could she design such a courtyard..."

"Can my father invite him to come? His Zhou family owes my Hu family a favor. If he hadn't sneaked into my Hu family's caravan, they would have been wiped out."

Hu Changjian didn't go into details, and continued: "The Devourer Road you saw cost my father a full 30 taels of silver. According to my father, Jiang Xuantong built the Ouroboros Labyrinth in the Chengshan Underground Palace. Jin went crazy for this, deduced repeatedly, and finally built this self-eating path that looks like a labyrinth of ouroboros."

Jiang Chuan opened his eyes slightly.

"But..." Hu Changjian curled his lips, "Although I have been in, I forgot how to get out."

According to folklore, after the Great Liang unified the world, Jiang Xuantong was ordered to build the Chengshan Palace.Between Chengshan and Liangling, there is an underground labyrinth called Ouroboros Labyrinth. Every rainy day, there will be a corridor of Yin soldiers in the maze. The 1 people are not the Daliang army, but the Beiliang army. This army secretly moved out. When passing through Chengshan, it tried to dig up the imperial tomb to steal the treasures in the underground palace, and accidentally entered the maze. The 1 people disappeared without a trace. no trace...

Seeing Hu Changjian's tone and demeanor, Jiang Chuan was sure that the Ouroboros maze could not be opened from the inside, so he didn't ask any more questions. He didn't have a clue for a while, so he sat down and closed his eyes to rest his mind.

As soon as he closed his eyes, an unfinished game of blindfold chess before going to bed last night appeared in his mind.

At this moment, on the chessboard, the white pieces are in a desperate situation, and the black pieces have the upper hand. In two more moves, the white pieces can be encircled and suppressed.

Bai Zi calmly sacrificed his skillful hand, killing a bloody path, the chessboard situation began to counterattack, and hei Zi was cornered in a few steps...

With a flash of inspiration, Jiang Chuan suddenly opened his eyes and walked forward.Hu Changjian also got up and followed behind him step by step.

But seeing Jiang Chuan suddenly put his hands behind his back, and slowed down his pace, as if he was strolling in the garden, but every step was very regular.

There is a tight rattling sound and the sound of one after another, one after another, one by one, 1, 2, 3...

When the buckle sounded to the 37th sound, a wall appeared in front of it, as if it had come to an end.Jiang Chuan stopped and thought for a moment, then suddenly took a big step forward, followed by two steps to the left, and then waved his sleeves. After a crisp sound in front of him, six doors suddenly appeared, and open at the same time.

The two walked in without hesitation, and the six doors closed and then disappeared.At this moment, the two of them seemed to be in a cage that couldn't fly.