"Your Eagle Country is useless. You brought so few people, and now three are dead. Who knows who's more unlucky."
"Hmph, I'm just letting out a cold laugh. Figure out the reason yourselves."
Inside the Dean's conference room.
"This is one of ours. How could they be here?"
Professor Hu felt something was wrong. According to the instructions they received at the time, they shouldn't have seen the tomb entrance.
"They were only supposed to be surveying, not entering easily, unless something forced them to."
Professor Wen also felt this possibility was high.
"Could it be they encountered sea monkeys?"
The Dean inexplicably thought of this.
They must have been forced to go in.
"I agree, but it might not be sea monkeys. The ocean is full of dangers, perhaps a storm. We'll see later. Is this a mechanism?"
Professor Wen looked at the big screen, feeling regret. These were all talents from Great Xia!
One had already died, and would the others...?
Professor Wen dared not think further.
Inside the tomb.
Zhou Lin looked at the mechanism, his eyes narrowed. He took an apple from his bag and casually threw it.
But as the apple flew, the entire passage tilted.
Caught off guard, everyone was pushed towards the wall, their shoulders hitting it hard.
Everyone was numb, staring at the scene in disbelief.
The apple had already been shot into a sieve, riddled with tiny hidden darts.
They didn't look big, but they were extremely damaging and lethal.
"What the hell is going on? How can the ground tilt like this?"
The Professor of Metaphysics had his face pressed tightly against the wall, his words muffled.
Zhou Lin, with his back against the wall, threw another apple towards the opposite side. The ground returned to its original position.
Everyone watched as the darts emerged from the wall, and the apple, even more mangled than the first, sent a chill down their spines.
"What kind of mechanism is this? How can we get past this tilting ground?"
Guo Liang had seen tombs before and had even descended into a few. There were mechanisms, but nothing like this.
"It's strange. An apple can cause the ground to shift, but why not these skeletons?"
The Professor of Metaphysics found it hard to understand. Shouldn't the weight of a corpse be more significant than an apple?
"This isn't about weight, it's about living things. Anything that is alive and can move. The apple wasn't alive, but it could move."
Zhou Lin heard this and thought the designer was truly ruthless. To design something like this was incredible.
No, Wang Canghai, if he were alive today, would be an amazing architectural engineer. Could this also be his creation?
This is too extreme!
"What do we do? If we want to get past, we have to walk. How else can we get through?"
The Professor of Metaphysics was speechless when he heard the explanation.
But what was the situation now?
How could they get through?
"How about I try? What if we go together?"
Captain Bai looked at the mechanism, planning to have two people go together, finding someone of similar height and weight.
"The key is living things. Besides maintaining balance, you have to dodge these traps. Can you do it?"
Zhou Lin looked at him with concern.
"This... we have shields. Can we make it?"
Captain Bai was unsure.
"Do you think it's that simple?"
Zhou Lin took out another apple from his body and threw it forcefully towards the innermost position.
The moment the apple landed, numerous long spears shot out from the ground, piercing the apple with great sharpness.
Hiss...
Everyone let out a collective gasp.
"Damn, what kind of mechanism is this? How do we get through? Isn't this a death trap?"
"How do we get through? This is going to cost us our lives."
"Can we still walk in? People have already died."
The students behind them were all shocked to see this.
The mercenaries were also in a difficult situation.
How could they get through this?
In the live stream.
"Damn, it's truly a full-coverage, no-dead-angle trap! The ground is uneven too. Isn't this just offering ourselves up to be shot?"
"As an architect, this is the first time I've seen such a tilting floor."
"Your Great Xia designers are truly amazing. It's a pity you haven't inherited this kind of legacy."
"If your Great Xia's legacy had been passed down, you wouldn't be in such a sorry state. Look at the kind of people you all are. Truly unlucky."
"Even if we are unlucky, it's still our Great Xia's legacy. Your Eagle Country constantly boasts about having many skilled trades, but your skills, even in ancient times, were always the failing ones."
"Exactly. If you have the ability, design one! You can't, so you can only watch, you dogs."
...
Inside the tomb.
"Professor Zhou Lin, do you have any good ideas? This can't go on. We have to get through."
The Professor of Metaphysics looked at Zhou Lin, placing all his hope on him at this moment.
Zhou Lin sighed and looked at the Professor of Metaphysics beside him.
"This mechanism cannot be turned off. We can only go through it. I can get through, but what about you all?"
Zhou Lin laid bare the difficulty of the situation.
"Although this design is difficult, it's not without clues. This corresponds to a principle of balance. Once the balance point is found, the problem can be solved."
Samwell looked at the situation and spoke up.
Everyone looked at him, confused.
"Professor Samwell, can you find this balance point?"
Captain Bai had no good feelings towards this professor.
From his previous behavior towards Zhou Lin, he was clearly not a good person.
"I can't find it myself, but I've studied architectural principles, so I should be able to deduce it. However, the physical execution..."
Samwell looked at Zhou Lin with some difficulty.
"Do you think I would risk the lives of Great Xia's people on you?"
Zhou Lin knew exactly what this guy meant. Letting Great Xia's people take risks based on his calculations? That was a pipe dream.
"Do you have a better solution? I may not have the physical ability, but I have the brains."
Samwell said, frowning at Zhou Lin.