Before Colonel Luo Yan could figure it out, Shi Rong's voice rang out.
"Colonel Luo Yan, I know how to unlock it now. Sorry for the trouble, but do exactly as I say."
Luo Yan came back to himself, answered, and controlled Zhurong toward the main gate.
"Just now, I combined the layout of the Undercity tomb with the structure of the lock and roughly deduced how to unlock it."
"As long as we get the first step right, there shouldn't be any surprises after that."
"But I should make this clear first. What I learned differs greatly from what the Ancient People knew, so I can't guarantee that we'll succeed."
Shi Rong spoke over the communications channel.
Dr. Jia Miao's voice followed: "If even Dr. Shi can't open it, then there's no way we can."
"So, Dr. Shi, go ahead and give it your best shot."
Shi Rong said, "All right. Colonel Luo, please turn that stone disk three notches clockwise."
Luo Yan nodded and controlled Zhurong to turn the stone disk clockwise as Shi Rong instructed.
Click.
Sure enough, after turning one notch, there was a catching sensation from inside the disk.
Zhurong stopped after turning it five notches. After waiting for a moment without noticing anything unusual, Luo Yan couldn't help but relax.
Shi Rong also let out a soft, "What luck," before saying, "I looked at the floor plan of the Undercity tomb just now and found that the towers were arranged according to the changes of the Five Elements and twenty-four directions, coinciding with the number of the Ju Men star."
"The Ancient People must have set it up this way deliberately. This is the hint for opening the stone lock."
"Colonel Luo, next, turn it four notches in the opposite direction, then turn it