Looking up at the stone walls around them, they were sealed tightly, not to mention the wind, even the hairs on their arms didnt move. The three of them rested for a while at the entrance before gradually recovering some strength.

  Chaozi helplessly looked at the exit opposite him, which was not far away, but just that last meter, how could he not get through?

  They looked at the hydrological situation here again and found that there was nothing special about it. The light shone downwards, but they couldnt see the bottom of the water. The two coffins in the middle were still floating and spinning around, making people feel a bit annoyed.

  "Well try once more, this time from the left. If we still cant make it later on, then lets not waste our energy and just follow the water flow back, and think of another way."

  Along the left stone wall, the wooden raft was as smooth as when they had walked on the right side earlier. They were soon approaching the point where they couldnt paddle before. After a brief rest, "Charge!" Zhang Wenbin gave the order and three wooden poles splashed into the water with a loud "slap slap slap", creating a flurry of water droplets. In less than a meter! Their forward motion didnt stop, but instead accelerated.

  Reality is always so helpless, the raft has stopped moving again! No matter how hard they try, they cant move more than a meter away, slowly retreating backwards, almost along the same route as before, passing by those two coffins and returning to the starting point.

  This time, however, Zhang Wenbin was not lying down but sitting up, and the two curved lines that went in and out with the movement of the wooden raft also left an impression on his mind.

  He recalled the trajectory of the two previous returns to the wooden raft in his mind, and Cha Wenbin said slowly: "Qimen Dunjia."

  "Whats going on with Qimen Dunjia?", asked Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong in unison.

  Zha Wenbin nodded and replied, "It should be the Qimen Dunjia. Its not that our strength is not enough, but if we cant find the correct route, well just be swimming around randomly in this pond until were exhausted to death."

  "Whats to be done?"

  Cha Wenbin looked at the calm water surface in front of him and took out a compass from his hand, with the needle pointing directly south to the exit on the opposite side.

  Put away the compass, Wen Bin said: "Dont worry, a strange door cant trap us. In a moment, walk in the direction I told you, and stop when I shout. The exit opposite is south, our current location is north, left hand is east, right hand is west, remember?"

  "Got it."

  "Listen up, everyone! The so-called Qimen Dunjia technique has a total of eight gates: Rest, Life, Injury, Block, Scene, Death, Shock, and Open. From our current position, no matter which direction you go, youll never be able to get out. Now, the only way is to move to the left-hand sides due east "Life Gate" and draw a line to the midpoint of those two coffins, then turn and head southwest towards the "Rest Gate", and from there return to our current north position and enter through the "Open Gate". Keep going straight ahead and youll naturally be able to get out. If you make a mistake at any point, youll fall into the circular route within the formation! Repeatedly returning will gradually drain your energy and willpower, ultimately trapping you here until you die!"

  Zhuo Xiong chuckled: "Wrong way? No worries, lets just walk it again! Weve already walked twice anyway."

  Zha Wenbin looked at him with a silly expression, feeling both angry and amused: "The Qimen Dunjia has a total of 16 changes, as long as you enter the formation, the entrance position will change next time. Coming in circles, its not that simple to walk once or twice. Among these eight doors, there is one dead door, entering which will result in certain death. As for the life door, it is the only way we can safely exit, while the other six doors will still trap you inside the formation."

  The profundity of Qimen Dunjia lies in the fact that you cant see where the next life door opens and where the death door opens. The person breaking the formation only has one chance, missing it means waiting for all 16 changes to occur before rearranging and reopening again.

  "In case weve entered a dead end, then theres only one way out - death. The first two times, we walked along the periphery and thats why nothing big happened. As long as no one has passed through here before, following my previous instructions will definitely get us out. Otherwise, well have to wait until the next time the life gate opens."

  As for what Cha Wenbin said, Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong naturally only understood half of it, but as for his words, the two had already obeyed him without daring to have any doubts.

  Jian Zhuo Xiong was still gesturing with his hands, indicating where to enter and exit. Chaozi slapped him on the head with a loud smack and shouted: "What are you blindly gesturing about? Just listen to Wen Bins words, do you understand any of this?"

  Zhuo Xiong could only glance at Chao Subei, and didnt dare to make a move, so he just waited for Cha Wenbins instructions.

  "Take the cave entrance we see in front of us now as a straight line from north to south, move forward along the left side of the stone wall, dont go too fast!"

  At the order of Cha Wenbin, the raft began to move slowly along the road it had just traveled, and Cha Wenbin kept staring at the changes in the position of the raft, not daring to relax for a moment.

  "The two wooden poles simultaneously lodged against the stone wall, and the raft came to a steady stop."

  "Adjust the bow, head to the middle!" The raft turned accurately and headed towards the middle position of the two coffins. Due to the influence of the water flow, in order to ensure that they were walking in a straight line, Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong had to work hard to adjust their direction. Finally, when they arrived at the predetermined location, Cha Wenbin shouted again:

  "Head southwest, dont deviate!" Along the direction of Zhang Wenbins pointing hand, the raft went straight there without any adjustments until it reached this position, and there were no mistakes in between. Zhang Wenbin smiled with satisfaction, now as long as he returns to his original position, everything will be resolved.

  "Walk close to the stone wall and go back to where we were just now."

  The raft carried five people and rowed a full half circle before returning to its previous entrance position.

  Although they didnt quite understand why going around in a circle would allow them to leave, Chaozi and Zhuo Xiong were still very excited. As long as they followed Cha Wenbins instructions, all they had to do was swim straight towards the opposite side with big strokes.

  "Brother Wenbin, what are we waiting for? Lets just rush over!"

  "Go!"

  The raft headed towards the exit on the opposite side, along this central axis, quickly heading south, and soon they approached the first coffin.

  "Dont look at that thing." Cha Wenbin said with his eyes fixed on the front.

  The two of them focused their minds and ignored the coffin that was constantly spinning, staring at the exit. As expected, they passed safely and soon arrived at the central circular point, which was also where they had been before, and not just once.

  Suddenly, the raft stopped moving again. The three people almost simultaneously discovered that the distance between the coffin in front of them and themselves had not decreased at all. No matter how hard they tried, the raft was always treading on the spot!

  Could it be that I was wrong myself? thought Cha Wenbin.

  This time, the position where they stopped was a central one that had never been encountered before. In addition, in previous times, they had passed through here smoothly and without any problems, so why did it get stuck this one time?

  Zhuo Xiong and Chao Zi tried to paddle several times, the raft did not retreat or advance, but only drew a few circles in place, without moving an inch!

  Chaozi was already sweating profusely, throwing the wooden stick onto the raft and shouting: "Wenbin brother? What the hell is going on?! Are we running into ghosts or something?!"

  Zha Wenbin himself was also unclear about what this situation was, and he hurriedly took out his compass to take a look. Suddenly, it made him feel a chill in his heart!

  The needle on the compass is constantly circling! This means that there is no direction at this location! Thinking back to the scene in the village earlier, the first word that came to Zhang Wenbins mind was "weve been tricked!"

  Before Chaozi could continue to complain, Zha Wenbin shouted: "Not good, weve been tricked! Chaozi, take out the metal cigarette box from your pocket and let me use it."

  Chaozi was puzzled and wondered if you still smoke? Could it be that your heart is annoyed, so you smoke a cigarette to relieve the boredom?

  "Here you go! Do you want chili?"

  Zha Wenbin took the cigarette box, just about to take action, thought for a moment, and then took out the remaining cigarettes inside and returned them to Chaozi, saying: "You keep these yourself."

  Chao Zi handed over a pack of scattered cigarettes, thinking what do you want to do? Give me the cigarette, but the cigarette box was taken away. This cigarette box is very important to him, because he has been working on archaeological excavations for many years and often goes to humid underground places, so paper-packaged cigarettes are easily dampened. He simply made an iron box and stored all the bought cigarettes inside after taking them out.

  Cha Wenbin crouched down and looked at the water surface, but the penetrating power of the searchlight couldnt see anything strange at the bottom of the water. The two were also curious about what he was going to do.

  Cha Wenbin opened the lid of that cigarette box and left it on the wooden raft, leaving only an empty box, which was put on the water surface. Since the box was hollow, it had a certain buoyancy and could float on the water surface.

  As soon as the box was placed on the water surface, it disappeared instantly. Zhang Wenbins hand followed and barely grasped the box, pulling it up with a loud shout: "What a strong magnetic force! Weve been tricked indeed! There must be a large piece of iron underneath, so its highly likely that we entered from the wrong position earlier, which is why we got trapped here!"

  Chao Zi was tricked again and his anger rose: "Is it magnetite again? What are they trying to do with all this secrecy?"

  Just as he bent down to pick up his cigarette case, the wooden raft under their feet moved, but this time it didnt retreat, instead it started circling like those two coffins.

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