Chapter 1329 Underground Mechanism

In the water under the well, there is a brick with a color that is obviously different from the others.

The bricks are the same, but because the other bricks are obviously covered with some microorganisms generated by soaking in water for many years, this brick is much cleaner.

Shi Lei also felt a little strange. After all, according to Mr. Zheng, after he was born, he completely lost the news of the batch of antiques in the old house, which means that the secret at the bottom of the well has not been known for at least 70 or 80 years, and no one can open the mechanism at the bottom of the well again, so this brick in the well should not be kept so clean.

Could it be that only Mr. Zheng did not know the secret, but his children actually knew it, and the things under the well had long disappeared?

For this brick, Shi Lei did not dare to act rashly. He must know more about the situation here, so he surrounded the brick and knocked on the surrounding bricks in order to understand what kind of mechanism was hidden behind this brick.

And with his behavior, Shi Lei also discovered another possibility, not that someone had moved the brick recently, but because of the water flow.

Although he was underwater, Shi Lei could not accurately grasp the direction of the water flow, and in such a narrow space at the bottom of the well, the water flow was actually slightly rotating, which made it even more difficult to judge the water flow.

However, Shi Lei found that the water flow seemed to be faster near the brick than at other locations.

For this reason, he tested it and felt the speed of the water flow with his skin at different locations at the bottom of the well. In the end, he determined that the water flow was faster near the brick.

Although this faster speed was actually only very slight, if Shi Lei had not often used the tactile card and his own sense of touch was much more sensitive than that of ordinary people, he would not have been able to feel it.

The water flow constantly washed the brick, which made it difficult for microorganisms to stay on the surface of the brick. This water flow certainly did not feel anything to humans, but to those microorganisms, it was no different from the surging river water.

Shi Lei suddenly had an idea in his mind. This was not a well at all, but...

He immediately took off his oxygen mask and tasted the water in the well. There was no sweetness of well water at all, but a slight rotten smell.

After putting on the oxygen mask again, Shi Lei stayed underwater and thought.

This well, wouldn't it be directly leading to the river in the backyard? So, this well water is actually river water? This also perfectly explains why there is a rotten smell in the well water, which is simply the smell of river water.

Shi Lei floated up a little, letting his head rush out of the water, and then he found that there were obviously some unusual traces on the wall of the well.

These traces do not have a clear dividing line, but decrease little by little from top to bottom.

At the upper position, the well wall is full of moss, and the lower it goes, the less moss there is. Of course, there is no moss under the water surface.

This gave Shi Lei a more intuitive understanding.

That is, the water level of the river adjacent to the backyard is much lower than it was decades ago. This is an extremely long process, and the water level is constantly decreasing, which can actually be seen from the height of the river bank.

The lowering of the river water level has also led to the lowering of the well water level, which can further prove that this well is actually leading to that river.

After figuring this out, Shi Lei became much bolder. He dove right in, found the brick, and pushed it in. The brick didn't move at all. Shi Lei took out a special tool from his body and thrust it hard into the gap around the brick.

He used his wrist to push it outwards, and the brick moved outwards a little. Moreover, Shi Lei immediately felt that the water flow near the brick was much faster.

He pulled the brick out little by little. Every time he pulled it out a little, the water flow around the brick became more turbulent.

The brick was finally pulled out to a width of about one centimeter, which was the width that Shi Lei could grab directly with his hands.

So he grabbed the brick and pulled it out with all his strength.

It was very strenuous, probably because no one had moved the brick for at least seventy or eighty years, but the brick was still pulled out by Shi Lei little by little.

When Shi Lei felt his hand loosen up, which meant that the brick had been completely moved, Shi Lei stopped the action immediately.

No one knows whether the brick will trigger other mechanisms after being completely pulled out. Shi Lei must be more cautious and continue to study this brick.

Pulling out a strong flashlight, Shi Lei shone it into the crack of the brick.

The crack is very narrow, but Shi Lei's eyesight is much better than that of ordinary people. With the light of the strong flashlight, Shi Lei still saw some clues inside.

Once he saw the part, Shi Lei could rely on his strong knowledge of mechanical application to understand the mechanism in the well more completely.

The result of the judgment is that there is no danger. This is a very ordinary mechanism.

Because the mechanism has been set up secretly enough, the creator of the mechanism did not make any offensive or defensive means for this mechanism. After all, except Shi Lei, I am afraid that no one can find the location of this mechanism.

After confirming that there is no danger, Shi Lei directly pulled out the brick.

In an instant, all the water in the well poured into the gap, and a powerful suction force acted on Shi Lei's body. Even Shi Lei had to support himself with his hands and feet on the wall of the well to offset the suction caused by the brick being pulled out.

Shi Lei couldn't help but feel a little strange. Even he couldn't bear such a strong suction. Wouldn't an ordinary person be deeply hurt if he wanted to open this mechanism?

He didn't have time to think about it. The water in the well quickly flowed out from the gap, and the water level in the well quickly dropped to the lower edge of the brick.

At this time, Shi Lei felt that the well seemed to be shaking. He thought it was not good, and hurriedly pressed the remote control in his hand. The electric pulley group above immediately started working, and the steel cable tied to Shi Lei dragged Shi Lei's body up quickly.

In the process of rising, Shi Lei saw the bottom of the well under his feet slowly spreading to the surroundings, and the bottom of the well also made a clicking sound. The remaining well water disappeared almost instantly, and all fell into the black hole created after the bottom of the well spread.

When Shi Lei rose to the mouth of the well, there was no water in the well. Instead, the place where Shi Lei pulled out the brick began to pour water again. The whole process was completely opposite to when Shi Lei was underwater just now.

Shi Lei secretly thought that it was a close call. Although there were no offensive or defensive mechanisms here, if Shi Lei had not made full preparations, he would definitely be taken to the deeper bottom of the well by the remaining water in the well when the bottom of the well was opened.

Shi Lei still could not see the bottom when he shone a strong flashlight downwards. It was dark and the water gushing out from the part where the bricks were missing could not fill the abyss that was like a bottomless pit.

Shi Lei returned to the edge of the well. He focused on everything in the well. This mechanism really surprised him.

About half an hour had passed, and there was still no essential change in the well. Shi Lei was also a little tired. He had been lying on the well mouth all the time. Even Superman could not bear it.

After standing up, Shi Lei found that the edge of the well had also changed.

The originally complete edge of the well had a brick depression on the edge of the ground in the east direction of the well platform.

Shi Lei walked over and saw that the brick had sunk deeply into the ground. He realized that it was possible to operate the mechanism in the well from the well platform.

This brick is connected to the brick down in the well.

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