The Black Card - Chapter 1214

[Chapter 1212 The Mysterious Cross]

Shi Lei specially bought a black sportswear, and also prepared a black mask and a black baseball cap. Basically, his whole person was shrouded in black.

It looks a bit like the night clothes worn by thieves in ancient times.

This is just a place for tourists to visit. Apart from the buildings, there are not many things worthy of strict protection. The most valuable thing is the building itself and the reliefs on it.

And these are almost impossible to steal without using large equipment.

Therefore, the security here is not too tight.

But even so, there are always guards on duty, and the guards on duty here are all equipped with guns. Therefore, Shi Lei still used the ancient martial arts cards very carefully, and patiently selected one of them who was good at light kung fu. Martial arts master.

This kind of Qinggong is certainly not the kind of Qinggong in martial arts novels where you can jump more than ten meters high. Flying over eaves and walls is just an exaggeration in martial arts novels. Flying rocks on grass is definitely not something Lei can do, but he is as light as a swallow. It’s still barely reliable.

At least, the fence outside the temple couldn’t stop Shi Lei at all. He just grabbed the railing and jumped lightly, relying on the power of his arms to make his body fly into the air, and then easily climbed over the fence.

After entering the temple, Shi Lei lowered his body and fully unleashed his speed.

I dare not say that compared with the world’s top sprinters, at least he can still sprint at a speed close to ten meters per second.

Without much effort, Shi Lei entered the main building of the Temple of Hephaestus. Then, without hesitation, he hugged a large stone pillar with both hands, as easily as an ape. Climbed up.

After reaching the top, he could see more clearly. Sure enough, there was a gap about the thickness of a finger between the top of the stone pillar and the edge of the vault.

Shi Lei took out a strong flashlight from his pocket and shined it along the gap. He saw the steel cable inside, and could vaguely see something similar to gears.

Placing his hands on the vault, Shi Lei pressed his body tightly against the edge of the vault. Although his back was facing the ground, he still held on to the edge of the vault, just like a gecko, following the edge of the vault. The edges gradually move.

The speed was not very fast, but this was not a big temple, so Shi Lei still only took more than two minutes to complete a circle.

No possible mechanism was found. Shi Lei knew that the mechanism in this temple was not located on the vault.

Then, it should fall near those stone pillars.

After swimming down from another stone pillar, Shi Lei began to study and search for stone pillars one by one, but until it was past four o’clock in the morning, he still found nothing.

It seems that the organization’s structure is well hidden.

Shi Lei was not in a hurry. It was after four o’clock and it was not too far from dawn. He decisively found a corner that he had explored during the day. This was a depression next to the steps outside the temple. It was completely It can accommodate his body.

When the time for the temple to open for tours arrived, Shi Lei found an opportunity to get out, pretending to be a tourist, left the temple and returned to the hotel.

After a good sleep during the day, Shi Lei woke up and went straight to dinner at night. Then, Shi Lei continued to wait until midnight before sneaking into the Temple of Hephaestus again.

After spending almost a whole night researching, Shi Lei still couldn’t successfully find Ji Kuo, which surprised him. After all, the knowledge he now has about mechanical applications has exceeded that of the world, and even he couldn’t find it. So, how did those people do it back then?

Shi Lei suspected that he might be looking in the wrong direction.

On the third day, after dinner, Shi Lei sat in the hotel room and put the photos he had taken on the computer. He studied them carefully, but he didn’t get much results.

Sitting on the sofa, Shi Lei closed his eyes and thought hard.

Could it be that the mechanisms in this temple are not inside the temple, but outside the temple?

After midnight, Shi Lei set out again and entered the Temple of Hephaestus for the third time at night.

This time, he no longer entered the temple, but searched around the edges outside the temple.

The guards of the temple came out to patrol from time to time, which caused some difficulties for Shi Lei’s research.

Shi Lei knew that he had to find Ji Kuo’s location tonight, otherwise, he would not have enough confidence to come in tomorrow night.

He used the ancient martial arts card for three consecutive nights. Without the help of the ancient martial arts card, he really didn’t dare to say that he would be able to successfully enter the temple without the surveillance and eyes of the guards.

If it doesn’t work, we can only wait until June to try again.

But things didn’t work out as expected. It was around four o’clock in the morning, the sky was already getting dark, and Shi Lei still couldn’t find any clue.

He had no choice but to hide in the small depression on the side of the steps again. He was surprised that after three days, he still hadn’t found anything. This was obviously not a normal thing.

The recessed space on the side of the steps was very small. Shi Lei was nestled in it and could hardly move.

Shi Lei couldn’t help but feel a little anxious. He felt tired earlier than the previous two days.

He tried to turn around and stretch his legs out a little, but as he turned in a circle, he hit his head on a bulge on the side of the depression.

It is almost difficult for light to come in here, so Shi Lei, who has hidden here twice, actually doesn’t know much about this depression.

Shi Lei hit his head suddenly, and it felt like it was a cylindrical object. Shi Lei couldn’t help but feel a little thump in his heart.

It can’t be such a coincidence…

Shi Lei didn’t care much and listened carefully to make sure there was no sound of guards moving around. He reluctantly took out a bright flashlight from his pocket.

Then, he adjusted the flashlight to normal light mode and turned it on.

Tilting his head, Shi Lei noticed that there was indeed a raised object at the top of the back of his head.

After looking carefully, Shi Lei found that it seemed to be in the shape of a cross that was not too standard.

cross?

This is obviously not something that should appear in a Greek temple. It is a symbol of Christianity. In other words, this thing must have been designed by the Byzantine architect. Otherwise, how could a symbol of Christianity appear?

In the depression, Shi Lei reluctantly turned his body and finally faced the cross.

He stretched out his hand and tried to break the cross, but found that he couldn’t move it at all.

I tried pushing in, but it still wouldn’t move.

Pulling it out, it still doesn’t move.

However, a cross suddenly appeared in this ghost place, which in itself meant some kind of special situation.

Shi Lei thought that it might be because of his current position that he could not exert any force at all, and as this cross was a mechanism, it would definitely require considerable strength to move it.

He hesitated for a moment and looked at the sky outside. It was already almost bright. In a while, even the sun would probably rise.

Shi Lei listened carefully to the noise outside and decided to take a risk.

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(End of this chapter)