Chapter 37: Trap

  "Phew..." Lin San let out a breath of air, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his hand: "It's finally done."

  Looking at the black stick wrapped in iron chains like a rice dumpling, Gu Jialan said, "I suppose the black stick can't strike the copper bell again now."

  "It shouldn't be... No way, let go!" Lin San's face suddenly changed, and he stretched out his hand to pull Gu Jialan to one side.

  A strong gust of wind blew in.

  The black stick slowly moved towards the bronze bell.

  Lin San and Gu Jialan stared at the black stick with wide eyes, their hearts racing with tension.

  Half a meter away from the copper bell, the black stick was pulled by an iron chain. No matter how hard the wind blew, the black stick could no longer move forward half a step. The iron chain was pulled by the black stick, making a "ding-dong" sound.

  "Success!" Gu Jialan clapped her hands and jumped up.

  Lin Sansan let out a sigh of relief. The huge sound emitted by the bronze bell was too torturous, it was simply the world's number one noise.

  At this time, the wind stopped, and the black stick slowly floated back, swaying constantly between two stone pillars.

  Lin San glanced at the black stick: "This is different from the smooth surface of the black stick, and there's a hint of coolness when touched. What material is it made of?"

  "It's definitely not iron. If it were iron, it would have rusted long ago." Gu Jialan stared at the black stick, also feeling somewhat puzzled.

  "It should be a rare metal." Lin San said somewhat uncertainly: "Unfortunately, this is too heavy with the black stick, and it's also locked to the stone pillar with iron chains. If we could take it outside, who knows how much money we could sell it for?"

  Bai Led Lin San a glance, Gu Jialan said: "You just admit money."

  Lin San smiled and said: "Miss Gu, you are a rich young lady, of course, you don't care about money, but I'm a poor man, I really need the money."

  Gujalan ignored Lin San and walked directly to the copper bell, looked at it for a few moments, then suddenly exclaimed: "There are words engraved on this copper bell!"

  Lin San hurried over and took a look at the bronze bell. Sure enough, he saw that its surface was densely covered with many characters.

  "These characters are so strange, I don't recognize a single one." Gu Jialan said in surprise.

  Lin San looked carefully and his eyebrows furrowed: "These characters are so complicated, they should be ancient writing."

  "Do you recognize these characters?" asked Gu Jialan.

  Lin San shook his head: "I don't know, I'm not interested in ancient literature myself."

  "This bronze bell appeared on this deserted island, there must be some secret hidden in it, unfortunately we can't understand the words on the bronze bell." Gu Jialan said regretfully.

  Lin San suddenly pointed behind the bronze bell and said: "What is this?"

  Gujalan walked over and found that the back of the bronze bell had a door, one person tall, with a lifelike tiger head carved on it, its mouth open wide, showing sharp teeth, looking very ferocious. Gujalan furrowed his brow: "Why is there a door on the bronze bell?"

  Lin San hesitated for a moment, slowly stretched out his hand and pushed the door slightly.

  "Clang!" A dull sound, the door on the bronze bell was easily pushed open, and a gust of cold wind blew out from inside.

  Lin San stared at the open door in surprise: "It actually opened with just a light push?"

  Gujalan approached the door and peeked into the bronze bell. Inside the bronze bell was pitch black, nothing could be seen.

  Lin San hurried over, took out a lighter and lit it, shining it inside the bronze bell.

  "Huh? It seems like there's a hole inside." Gu Jialan suddenly exclaimed.

  At this time, Lin San also found that there was a square hole in the middle of the copper bell, and a faint white gas was emanating from the hole.

  "Lin San, let's go take a look." Without waiting for Lin San's response, Gu Jialan directly walked into the bronze bell.

  "Miss Gu......" Lin San was startled and hastily caught up to grab Gu Jialan's arm: "Miss Gu, something is fishy here, let's hurry out of here."

  "I'm just taking a look, nothing will happen." Gu Jialan struggled free from Lin San's hand, walked to the middle of the copper bell and slowly squatted down, poking her head into the hole.

  Lin San feared something was wrong with Gu Jialan and hastily walked over: "Miss Gu, there's nothing good to see at this cave entrance. We..."

  "Lin San, bring the lighter over and take a look," said Gu Jialan.

  Lin San's crooked mouth held a lit lighter close to the hole.

  "Stone steps, could this cave entrance be a passageway?" As the lighter lit up, a long stone staircase appeared in the cave entrance, sloping downward, and it was impossible to see the end of it at a glance.

  Seeing the stone steps at the entrance of the cave, Lin San was also surprised: "Where will this entrance lead to?"

  "There won't be any treasure in this cave, will there?" Gu Jialan said suddenly.

  Lin San smiled: "Miss Guo, have you been watching too many TV dramas?"

  "On this deserted island, a man-made stone platform suddenly appeared, with a huge bronze bell on it. And inside the bronze bell, there is even a hidden passage. Don't you think that's strange?" Gu Jialan said.

  "It's strange, but it can't be said that there is a treasure in the cave, who would be so idle as to hide a treasure on this deserted island?" Lin San said disbelievingly.

  "Whatever it is, there must be some secret hidden in this cave..."

  Lin Sansheng reached out and grabbed Gu Jialan's wrist: "Miss Gu, you want to go into the cave and take a look, don't you?"

  Gujalan smiled: "I have indeed thought so."

  Lin San was shocked: "Miss Gu, don't be reckless, this cave entrance is ominous, who knows what kind of danger might be inside."

  Miss Gu patted her hand and stood up: "I was just kidding you, how could I joke about my own life..."

  "Ah...... Miss Gu, let's not make jokes like this in the future, my heart can't take it." Lin San patted his chest with his hand.

  "Alright, I won't tease you anymore, let's go out." Gu Jialan said with a smile.

  Lin San nodded and followed Gu Jialan towards the door.

  At this time, an unexpected event occurred.

  "Clang!" With a loud noise, the door on the bronze bell suddenly closed by itself.

  Lin San and Gu Jialan's faces changed, they quickly ran to the door, stretched out their hands and started pulling, but no matter how hard Lin San and Gu Jialan tried, they couldn't open the bronze door.

  "Lin San, what shall we do?" Gu Jialan was getting anxious at this moment.

  Lin San took a deep breath: "I feel like we've both fallen into a trap."

  "A trap? You mean someone wants to harm us? But there's no one on this deserted island?" Gu Jialan was taken aback.

  Lin San sighed and said, "What I mean is that we were outsmarted by the people who built this stone platform. This bronze bell is clearly a trap, and it's laughable that the two of us fell into it so easily."

  Gu Jialan's face showed a guilty expression: "Lin San, I'm sorry. If it wasn't for me insisting on going inside the copper bell to take a look, we wouldn't be trapped in here now."

  Lin San waved his hand: "Now is not the time to pursue responsibility, let's think about how to get out of this situation."

  "But this bronze bell only has one door, and now the door can't be opened. How are we going to get out?" Gu Jialan said with a furrowed brow.

  Lin San did not answer Gu Jialan's question, but instead continued to feel around the copper bell, hoping to find a second exit. However, Lin San was disappointed in the end, as there were no other exits on the copper bell except for the door they had entered through.

  "Lin San, what to do?" Gu Jialan said anxiously.

  Lin San held up his lighter and looked around, suddenly Lin San's body paused, his eyes staring straight in one direction.

  Gujialan followed Lin San's gaze and saw the square entrance on the ground in the middle of the copper bell. Gujialan's mouth opened: "Lin San, you don't want to... enter this entrance?"

  Lin San asked with a smile: "Miss Gu, do you think we have any other options now?"

  "But... you just said it yourself, there might be some danger in the cave..." Gu Jialan said.

  "We're safe now that we're standing here, right? Rather than starving or dying of thirst, we might as well take a gamble and see if there's an exit in the cave."

  Gujalan nodded thoughtfully and said, "You're right, we can only take a gamble now."

  "I'll go first, Miss Gu. You follow behind me." Lin San said, holding up his lighter and walking into the cave entrance.

  Gu Jialan followed closely behind Lin San.

  As soon as they entered the cave, Lin San and Gu Jialan involuntarily shivered.

  "It's so cold in here." Gu Jialan rubbed her arms continuously with her hands.

  "It's quite cold." Lin San held up his lighter and slowly walked down the stone steps.

  The stone steps were very long, longer than Lin San and Gu Jialan had imagined. The two of them walked for about half an hour before they reached the end.

  Lin San raised his lighter and looked around: "This seems to be a stone room."

  "There's a door over there." Gu Jialan suddenly pointed diagonally across and said.

  Lin San walked over with the lighter and indeed saw a tightly closed stone gate on the stone wall. Lin San stretched out his hand to push it, but it was very heavy and couldn't be pushed open.

  "Can't open it?" Gu Jialan asked.

  Lin San handed the lighter to Gu Jialan, took two deep breaths himself, let out a soft cry, and pushed both hands hard against the stone door.

  The stone gate shook twice but still didn't open.

  Lin San did not give up and pushed with all his might several times more, but the stone gate still did not open.

  Lin Sansheng wiped the hot sweat from his forehead with his hand: "It won't work, this stone gate is too heavy and can't be pushed open at all."

  "What's to be done?" asked Gu Jialan.

  Lin San took a deep breath: "Go somewhere else and see if there's another exit."

  "Hmm." Gu Jialan nodded and began to wander around the stone room.

  The area of the stone room is not small, it can be over 30 square meters, and the ground is polished very smoothly.

  "It seems like there's someone in the corner of the wall." Gu Jialan suddenly exclaimed.

  Lin San was startled and quickly shielded Gu Jialan behind him, taking the lighter from her hand. He shone it towards the corner opposite them, and indeed saw a figure standing there. However, due to the distance and the darkness surrounding them, he couldn't make out the person's features.

  In an underground stone chamber, I suddenly saw a human figure, which was indeed frightening.

  Lin San took a deep breath and, plucking up his courage, shouted at the figure: "Hey, who are you?"

  A figure stood still, without a word.

  "What kind of person are you!" Lin San's tone became a few degrees heavier.

  The figure still didn't have a single reaction.

  At this time, Lin San felt something was wrong, hesitated for a moment, and slowly walked towards the figure with his feet.

  "Lin San!" Gu Jialan reached out and grabbed Lin San: "Don't go over there, it's dangerous."

  Lin Sansheng patted Gulan's arm and whispered, "I'll be careful, you wait for me here." After that, he slowly approached the figure.

  Three meters, two meters, one meter...

  The distance between Lin San and the figure was getting closer and closer, until Lin San finally walked up to the figure.

  "Damn it!" Lin San suddenly cursed loudly.